If a patient isn't giving you the answers you're looking for, what's the best way to get it? -
ANSWER Direct questions/qualifier questions
What are good ways to ask a patient their story? - ANSWER Open ended questions
Cultural sensitivity: purpose, reason it is important, how culture may impact aspects of an
exam of emotional health. - ANSWER Looking at others' lifestyles. Understanding beliefs.
Ask questions.
The steps of assessment - ANSWER inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation;
Inspection - ANSWER It is the process of observation. Your eyes and nose are sensitive
tools for gathering data. Observe gait and stance and ease of movement.
Inspection includes - ANSWER Color, moisture, odor, Hygiene, Clothes, making eye
contact?
Palpation - ANSWER Involves the use of hands and fingers to gather info through the
sense of touch.
When palpating use ulnar surface for - ANSWER detecting vibration
Patient position for palpating abdominal organs? - ANSWER Stand to the patients right
side and have them lay in the supine position. Use palmar surface of hand.
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, Percussion - ANSWER involves striking one object against another to produce vibrations
and subsequent sound waves. Fingers function as a hammer. Sound waves are heard as
percussion tones (called resonance).
Percussion tone and density? - ANSWER The denser the item percussed the quieter the
percussion
-Tympany, hyperresonance, resonance, dullness, flatness - ANSWER Tympany is the
loudest and flatness is the quietest.
Auscultation - ANSWER Listening to sounds, Stethoscope
Auscultation should be performed last except in... - ANSWER abdominal exams
Otoscope: - ANSWER Provides illumination for examining the external auditory canal and
the tympanic membrane.
The pneumatic attachment for the otoscope is used to - ANSWER evaluate the fluctuating
capacity of the tympanic membrane
Percussion (Reflex) hammer: - ANSWER used for deep tendon reflexes
Ophthalmoscope: - ANSWER -It has a system of lenses and mirrors that enable
visualization of the interior structures of the eye. It has a light source that projects through
various apertures while you focus on the inner eye
Wood's lamp: - ANSWER It contains a light with a wavelength of 360nm. This is the black
light that causes certain surfaces to fluorescent and corneal abrasions
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ANSWER Direct questions/qualifier questions
What are good ways to ask a patient their story? - ANSWER Open ended questions
Cultural sensitivity: purpose, reason it is important, how culture may impact aspects of an
exam of emotional health. - ANSWER Looking at others' lifestyles. Understanding beliefs.
Ask questions.
The steps of assessment - ANSWER inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation;
Inspection - ANSWER It is the process of observation. Your eyes and nose are sensitive
tools for gathering data. Observe gait and stance and ease of movement.
Inspection includes - ANSWER Color, moisture, odor, Hygiene, Clothes, making eye
contact?
Palpation - ANSWER Involves the use of hands and fingers to gather info through the
sense of touch.
When palpating use ulnar surface for - ANSWER detecting vibration
Patient position for palpating abdominal organs? - ANSWER Stand to the patients right
side and have them lay in the supine position. Use palmar surface of hand.
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, Percussion - ANSWER involves striking one object against another to produce vibrations
and subsequent sound waves. Fingers function as a hammer. Sound waves are heard as
percussion tones (called resonance).
Percussion tone and density? - ANSWER The denser the item percussed the quieter the
percussion
-Tympany, hyperresonance, resonance, dullness, flatness - ANSWER Tympany is the
loudest and flatness is the quietest.
Auscultation - ANSWER Listening to sounds, Stethoscope
Auscultation should be performed last except in... - ANSWER abdominal exams
Otoscope: - ANSWER Provides illumination for examining the external auditory canal and
the tympanic membrane.
The pneumatic attachment for the otoscope is used to - ANSWER evaluate the fluctuating
capacity of the tympanic membrane
Percussion (Reflex) hammer: - ANSWER used for deep tendon reflexes
Ophthalmoscope: - ANSWER -It has a system of lenses and mirrors that enable
visualization of the interior structures of the eye. It has a light source that projects through
various apertures while you focus on the inner eye
Wood's lamp: - ANSWER It contains a light with a wavelength of 360nm. This is the black
light that causes certain surfaces to fluorescent and corneal abrasions
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