Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch. 1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29)Questions and Answers

Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch. 1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) What does the health history provide? - Answer- Subjective and objective data What is subjective data? what is an example? - Answer- SD is what the patient tells you Example: headache, chest pain What is objective data? what is an example? - Answer- OD are the signs perceived by the examiner through physical examination during assessment Example: rash seen by a nurse, or temp taken with a thermometer In what order are skills performed during a typical assessment? - Answer- 1. Inspection 2. Palpation 3. Percussion 4. Auscultation If a patient has abdomen pain, what order do you do the assessment? Why? - Answer- 1. Inspection 2. AUSCULTATION 3. Palpation 4. Percussion Because of pain, don't touch or tap the tender area first. Start by inspecting and then listening before you feel the area. What occurs during inspection, the first step? - Answer- -ALWAYS COMES FIRST -begins when you first meet a person w/ a general survey -you should start assessment of each body system with inspection -requires: good lighting, adequate exposure, use of instruments including otoscope, opthalmoscope, penlight, or specula What occurs during palpation, the second step? - Answer- Palpation applies sense of touch to assess Can include: temperature, texture, moisture, organ location and size, swelling, vibration or pulsation, rigidity or spasticity, crepitation, presence of lumps or masses, presence of tenderness or pain -use fingers unless taking temperature How can you assess factors during the palpation step? - Answer- by using different parts of the hands During palpation, what should fingertips be used to feel? - Answer- -best for fine tactile discrimination of skin texture, swelling, pulsation, and determining presence of lumps