NUR-190

2. what is targeted physical assessment: Were pertinent symptoms related to the disorder? Were specific things listed that would assess for? The frightened man at first stands like a statue motionless and breathless or crouches down as if instinctively to escape observation. Pale, cold, and sweaty skin with erected hairs and shivering superficial muscles will be noted. The heart and respiratory rate will increase. The mouth becomes dry, the voice is husky and indistinct, and the lips tremble. As fear increases into an agony of terror, breathing is labored; the wings of the nostrils are widely dilated; gulping and catching of the throat; eyeballs are fixed on the object of fear or may roll restlessly from side to side. The pupils are said to be enormously dilated. All the muscles of the body may become rigid or may be thrown into convulsive movements. The hands are alternately clenched and opened, often with a twitching movement.