Nurs 190 Physical Assessment

Kaposi's sarcoma - correct answers Form of skin cancer frequently seen in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. Consists of brownish-purple papules that spread from the skin and metastasize to internal organs. Different types of Assessment techniques - correct answers - INPECTION is the technique used initially in physical assessment. - AUSCULATION is the use of your stethoscope - PERCUSSION use of your fingertips, the middle finger tips or blunt percussion which is the use of the palm of your hands with your fist type twice. - PALPATION use the finger pads or metacarpophalangeal joints of the hand. What are the common clinical equipment used in the clinical area? - correct answers - Doppler when you can not palpate the pulses - Goniometer used to asses the degree of joint flexion and extension. - Wood lamp to asses fungal infection on the skin - Skinfold calipers used to asses subcutaneous thickness - Transilluminator used to detect blood, fluid or masses or air body cavities. - Stadiometers measures height of the patient Goniometer - correct answers - used to asses the degree of joint flexion and extension. Wood lamp - correct answers - to asses fungal infection on the skin Skinfold calipers - correct answers - used to asses subcutaneous thickness Transilluminator - correct answers - used to detect blood, fluid or masses or air body cavities. Stadiometers - correct answers - measures height of the patient Review the different types of primary lesions - correct answers - Macules a patch of skin that is altered in color but usually not elevated - Papule (maculopapular): An elevated solid lesion, up to 0.5 cm in size, circumscribed and firm. It can appear in various colors. - Vesicle; A fluid- filled blister less than 0.5 cm in size - Bullae; a fluid-filled sac or lesion that appears when is trapped under a thin layer of skin.