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When someone has pneumonia you? - ANS✔✔ give a focused assessment
not really a full head to toe
Ill patients Ans sick patients are different
T OR F - ANS✔✔ True
Take into consideration their symptoms and their pain
EX. COPD
Inspection: - ANS✔✔ looking at the body part
palpation: - ANS✔✔ mash around on the body
percussion: - ANS✔✔ tapping on the skin
auscultation: - ANS✔✔ listen
remember a stethoscope does not magnify sound, it blocks sound around you
The order for physical assessment is: - ANS✔✔ 1.inspection
2. palpation
3.percussion
4.auscultation
, Abdominal Assessment order: - ANS✔✔ 1. inspection
2. auscultation (you want baseline of stomach first)
3. percussion
4. palpation
Lymphatics system - ANS✔✔ filters blood (takes out waste)
lymph nodes to look for - ANS✔✔ preauricular- in front of the ears
posterior auricular- behind the ears
occipital- behind the head
submental- under the chin
submandibular- under the mandible
jugulodigastic- under the pina
normal lymph nodes: - ANS✔✔ roll around
not sore
round
When assessing: use two fingers in a circular motion and use both hands for symmetry
Health Questions for head and neck:
Aging adult: - ANS✔✔ headaches
any head injuries
dizziness
neck pain
lumps
Aging adult: