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22 Cards in this Set
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What are the differences between light and deep palpation? |
Deep palpation-Roughly 4-5cm depth, used for assessing the underlying organs for shape, symmetry, tenderness |
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What are some safety precautions when undertaking a physical assessment? |
Make sure the patient is at an appropriate level to perform the assessment. |
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What is an appropriate environment for a physical assessment? |
Comfortable for both the patient and the nurse/the environment is a private setting/a sterile setting/an environment free from any danger or harm |
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What do you use the bell side of the stethoscope for? |
For lower pitch sounds such as bowel sounds and heart murmours |
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What are some ethical considerations in a health history? |
Confidentiality and security of the information collected/consent |
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What are some factors that may influence how you undertake a health/physical assessment? |
Age, race, culture, religious preferences, disabilities, language bariers |
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How many regions are there to inspect in an abdominal assessment? |
Nine. |
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What sorts of things are you looking for in an inspection during an abdominal assessment? |
Symmetry, pigmentation/colour, scars, stirae, peristalsis, pulsations, bowel sounds, tenderness or if the bladder or stomach are misshapen. |
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When undertaking a musculoskeletal assessment, what components are you assessing? |
Gait, mobility, range of motion, muscle strength/size and shape, joint contour |
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What is scoliosis? |
An abnormal sideways curvature of the spine. |
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What is Kyphosis? |
Excessive concave curvature of the spine (hunchback). |
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What is Dystonia? |
Neurological disorder in which muscular spasms occur. |
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What is Acromegaly? |
Abnormal human growth hormone produced |
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What is Festinating gait? |
Shuffling/rapid short steps instead of regular strides (common in parkinson's disease patients) |
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What is ataxia? |
Lack of coordination of muscles |
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What is Akylosing spondylitis |
Inflammatory arthritis in the joints, including the spine |
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What is tetany |
Muscle twitching and spasms of the hands and feet |
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What is chorea |
Involuntary movement |
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What are contractures |
Chronic loss of joint movement due to change in the tissues |
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What are the functions of the skeletal system? |
Protection, stability, storage (minerals and all that) and production (in da marrow and junk) |
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What is hypotonicity? |
Having less than normal tissue tone |
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What is spacticity? |
Stiff or rigid muscles |
