NOTCE - Physical Assessments study guide

The Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire CORRECT ANSWER ask patient to rank list of descriptors in terms of their intensity and to give an overall intensity rating to their pain (e.g., throbbing, sharp, cramping, heavy, tender, etc) visual analog scale (pain) CORRECT ANSWER a pain rating scale using a straight line; the left end of the line represents no pain, the right end represents the worst pain, and patients mark the place on the line that best represents the severity of their pain numeric rating scale (pain) CORRECT ANSWER patient chooses level of pain for each site 0-10 FACES pain scale CORRECT ANSWER six cartoon faces range: smile- cry client chooses face that best describes how they feel hand volumeter CORRECT ANSWER the use of water displacement to evaluate edema contra-indications to volumeter use CORRECT ANSWER - open wounds - casts - external fixators