NUR 225 Exam 1 Questions with correct Verified Answers latest 2023 solution

NUR 225 Exam 1 Questions with correct Verified Answers latest 2023 solution subjective data - what the patient says objective data - what YOU observe thru inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation Inspection - focused watching; begins when you first meet patient; compare right and left side.. nearly symmetric; use healthy side as the "control"; occasionally instruments to aid your view Palpation - feeling; determine texture, temp, organ size, vibrations; fingertips: texture, swelling, pulsations, presence of lumps; dorsums of hands: temperature; base of fingers or ulnar surface of hands: vibrations - know if air filled Percussion - Tap to assess underlying structures; middle finger with one hand and tap with a lose wrist over chest (smokers) should hear something for healthy tissue (dull is bad) Auscultation - hearing; listen with stethoscope for heart, vessels, abdomen, lungs; stethoscope doesn't magnify sound; diaphragm for high pitched sounds; bell for low pitched sounds