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How to do a general assessment

Inspection


Palpate


Percussion


Auscultation how

How to do an abdominal assessment

Inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpitationhow

How to check temperature

Use dorsum of fingers for temperature

How to assess moveable structure of the kidneys

Use bimanual palpitation ( both hands)


Place sensing hand lightly on skin surface, place active hand over sensing hand and apply pressure

Types is percussion

Direct-strike body surface with 1 or 2 fingers


Indirect percussion-strike finger or hand placed over body surface


Blunt-use reflex hammer to check deep tendon reflexes or use blunt to assess costovertebral angle tenderness

What is resonance?

Moderate to loud sounds, low pitche (clear or hollow) sound of moderate duration, found with air filled tissue ( normal lung)

What is hyperresonance

High pitch booming, loud low pitched sound of longer duration found with over inflated air filled tissue. (Fluid emphysema) normal in a child due to chest wall

What is tymphany

Loud, drum like, high- pitched or musical sound of moderately long duration found with enclosed air filled structures (bowel)

Define dull

Soft, muffled moderate to high pitches sound of short duration found with dense fluid filled tissue (liver)

Define flat

Very soft, high pitched sound of short duration found with dense tissue (bone, muscle)

Normal pulse of newborn

120-140

Normal breath per min for newborn

30-60

Normal bp for newborn

65/41

Normal respiration for age 1-4

20-40

Normal pulse for 1-4 year old

70-110

Normal bp for 1-4

90/55

Normal bp for 5-12 year old

100/60

Normal RR per min in 5-12 yr old

16-22

Normal HR in a 5-12! Year old

60-95

Normal adult bp

120/80

Normal RR in an adult

12-20

Normal HR

60-100

What’s apnea

Stop breathing

What’s cheyes-stroke respiration

Breathing characterized by rhythmic waxing and waning of depth of respiration

What’s dysnea

Difficulty breathing

Define hyperapnea

Hyperventilating

What’s hypo ventilation

Produces acidosis due to elevation of co2

Kussmal respiration

Very deep and rapid respiration, hunger for air

Orthopnea

Difficult breathing when lying down

Paradoxical respiration

Opposite to normal

Cyanosis

Bluish discoloration of the skin

What’s stridor

Harsh or high pitched respiratory sound caused by obstruction of the air passages

Taking blood pressure in the arm should only be a difference by

5-10

What’s hiruitism

Excessive hair

Alopecia is

Loss or thinning of hair

What’s ptosis

Dropping of eye lids

Define nystagmus

Involuntary rapid eye movements

Strabismus is

Lazy eye. Involuntary drifting of one eye out of alignment of with the other eye

How to examine an adult ear

Pinna up and back

How to examine infants and children less than 3 ears

Pinna down and back

Weber’s test for

Assessed bone conduction. Activate tuning fork and immediately place on midline of skull, ask if heard louder in one ear

Rinne test

This is a comparison of air to bone conduction placed of mastoid process. When client no longer hears sound; positioned front of ear canal normal

Olfactory

Cn1- sense of smell

Optic nerve

Cn2- sense of vision

Oculomotor

Cn3 - pupils constrict and raising of eye lids

Trochlear

Cn4- downwards, inwards movement of eyes

Trigeminal

Cn5: able to clench and relax jaw, sensory of face

Abducens

Cn6- move eyes in all directions

Cn7

Facial- smile, whistle, wrinkle forehead, different taste

Cn8

Acoustic-hearing, balance and walking

Cn9:

Glossopharyngeal- able to swallow, taste and gag reflex

CN 10

Vagus-swallow and speak

Spinal accessory nerve

Cn11- flex/rotate head shrug shoulders

Hypoglossal nerve

Cn12- move tongue side to side and stick it out

Fears of surgery for developmental stages

Toddler: fear separation


Preschool- fear mutilation, allow child to play with a model and encourage questions


School age- fear losing control


Adolescences- fear losing independence

Where is popiteal pulse found

Back of knee

Where is temporal

Lateral to eyes

Posterior tibial pulse

On the inner side of ankle

Apical pulse found where

On the left of the 5th intercostal space at the midclavicular line

Where is brachial pulse found

Over the groove between the biceps and triceps muscle

Femoral pulse

Below the inguinal ligament, midway the symphysis pubis and anterior superior illiac spine

Radial pulse

Side of the wrist

Dorsalis pedis

Along the top of the door between extension tendons of the great and first toe

Factors that influence respiration

Fear, anxiety, medication and disease

What factors influence bp

Disease, medication, anxiety, cardiac output, peripheral resistance, blood volume, blood viscosity, age, weight and exercise

Factors that influence pulse rate and rhythm

Medication, pathology, exercise, age, gender, temperature, bp, serum electrolyte

Normal ph of urine

Ph 4.6-8.0


Color should be pale to amber


Have a specific gravity: 1.010-1.030,


Red blood cells- 0-2

What age should breast examination begin

Begin 18-20, examine a week after period begins. If not menstruating examine at a routine time such as 1st day of month

Steps of breast self exam

Arms at sides, arms above head and hands on hips

Menopause begins

45-60 years

Menstruation begins

Age 10-15

Physical assessment

Inspection-looking, listening and smelling


Palpation- use of touch


Percussion: tapping fingers or hands against parts of the body


Auscultation- smell

Name the levels of disease prevention

Primary- health promotion


Secondary- early diagnosis and prompt treatment


Tertiary- restoration and rehabilitation to minimize effects of the disease

Lead poisoning symptoms

nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, decreased activity, hematologic blood, kidney and central nervous system effects

Lead poison sources

Plaster, paint, gasoline, soil, pipes, pottery

Dtap vaccines

Given at 2, 4, 6, 18 months and at age 4-6


Dtap includes ( tb, pertussis, diptheria)

When is hep b given

Birth, 1-4 months, 6-18 months

Describe when hpv is given

3 dose series starting at age 11-12

When is rotavirus given

2, 4, 6 months

When to give pollio vaccine

2 months, 4 months, 6-18 months, 4-6 years

Haemphilus influenzas type b given

2 months, 4 months and 12-15 months

What are smokers at risk for

Copd, coronary heart disease, hypertension, head and neck cancer, peripheral vascular disease, laryngeal cancer, lung cancer

How to help client stop smoking

Behavior modification


Nicotine patches or replacement


Support groups

Purpose of Weber test

Assesses bone conduction


Vibrating tuning fork placed in middle of forehead


Normal finding after using Weber is heat sound equally in both ears

What is the Rinne test for

Compares bone conduction with air conduction


When client no longer hears sound fork is positioned in front of ear canal

How to assess balance

Use Romberg test

How to check ear for tympanic membrane for an adult or child

Adult: pull pinna up and back for an adult


Child: pull pinna down and back for infant under 3 to straighten ear canal

Stage 1 hypertension

130 to 139 or 80 to 89

Stage 2

140/ 90

Elevated hypertension

Systolic 120 o129

Normal hypertension

Systolic less than 120/less 80

What is fistula

Abnormal tube like passage between two body cavities or between one body cavity and the body surface

Assessment questions to ask a smoker

Pack years = number of pack smoked times number of packs per day

Which blood type is universal donar

O

Which blood type is universal recipient

AB

Low Fowler

15-30 degrees

Semi Fowlers

30-45 degrees

Fowler’s

45-60

High fowler

60-90

What scale is used to test level of consciousness

Glosgow coma scale,


<7 means coma


15= alert and oriented

Normal bmi

18.5-24.9

Obesity

30-30.9

Overweight

25-29.9

Underweight

Less than 18.5

What does RACE mean for fire

R= rescue or move client from immediate danger


A=activate alarm


C=contain the fire by closing the doors


E=extinguish the fire

What is absence of menstral cycle

Amenorrhea

Painful menstrual cycle is

Dysmenorrhea