HA Exam 1 Terms

HA Exam 1 Terms Subjective Data data obtained from a health history or provider to the nurse by the patient objective data data obtained from the examination, measurements, or diagnostic test; observable by the nurse Palpation an examination technique in which the examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts percussion tapping on a surface to determine the difference in the density of the underlying structure inspection data obtained by a visual examination of the body, including body movements and posture, as well that obtained by smell Auscultation listening to sounds within the body supine position lying on back, facing upward dorsal recumbent lying on back with legs bent and feet flat Lithonomy position female genitalia and genetical tract Trendelenburg position lying on back with body tilted so that the head is lower than the feet skin turgor Measure of hydration, which tests how quickly the skin returns to its normal position after being pinched wheal elevated, solid, transient lesions; often irregular shaped but well demarcated; an edematous response nodule a solid skin elevation that extends into the dermal layer and that is 1 to 2 cm in diameter Macule flat, circumscribed lesion of the skin or mucous membrane that is 1 cm or less in diameter papule solid, elevated, circumscribed, superficial lesion 1 cm or less in diameter ulcer circumscribed crater on the surface of the skin or mucous membrane that results from necrosis purulent containing pus vesicle