NSG 625 Advanced Health Assessment Quiz 1
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What are symptoms - ✔✔✔ - Subjective information. What a patient feels or caregiver is describing
about patient (ie. young pediatrics)
What are signs? - ✔✔✔ - Objective information. What a provider can see, feel, and hear. Includes
findings on physical exam.
Gravidity (Gravida) - ✔✔✔ - The number times a woman has been pregnant. Current pregnancies are
included. This is only a count of pregnancies, not babies. For example, a twin pregnancy only counts
as one pregnancy.
Parity (Para) - ✔✔✔ - The number of births or completed pregnancies that made it to at least 20
weeks. This includes live and stillborn births. Multiples (twins) count as one.
What does GTPAL stand for? - ✔✔✔ - Gravida, Term, Preterm, Abortion, Living
Term Births - ✔✔✔ - The number of births completed at or beyond 37 weeks. Multiples count as one.
Stillborn births are included.
Preterm Briths - ✔✔✔ - The number of briths completed between 20 and 37 weeks. Stillborn births
are included. Multiples count as one.
Abortion and Miscarriage - ✔✔✔ - The number of briths that were lost before week 20. Multiples
count as one.
Living - ✔✔✔ - The number of living children a mother has given birth to.
Pertinent Positive Findings - ✔✔✔ - Sign or symptom that has a possible relevance to the present or
suspected illness.
, Pertinent Negative Findings - ✔✔✔ - Sign or symptom that are not present but often related to the
present or suspected illness.
What are the goals of the physical exam? - ✔✔✔ - Obtain valid health information about the patient.
Identify, analyze and synthesize the information into a comprehensive assessment and develop
differential diagnoses
Vitals to consider during the physical exam - ✔✔✔ - Height, weight, BMI, growth charts, temperature,
blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood oxygen level.
Standard physical exam equipment - ✔✔✔ - Stethoscope, Otoscope, Reflex hammer, Tuning fork,
Gowns and/or drapes
4 cardinal principles of physical examination - ✔✔✔ - 1. Inspection
2. Auscultation
3. Percussion
4. Palpation
What can hypoactive or absent abdominal sounds indicate? - ✔✔✔ - Postoperative paralytic ileus or
peritonitis related paralytic ileus.
Paralytic ileus - ✔✔✔ - Also known as functional ileus, this is a condition that occurs when the
muscles of the intestines are temporarily paralyzed, preventing food from passing through
Peritonitis - ✔✔✔ - Inflammation of the peritoneum (membrane lining the abdominal cavity and
surrounding the organs within it)
What can hyperactive bowel sounds indicate? - ✔✔✔ - early bowel obstruction, gastroenteritis,
diarrhea, or with use of laxatives
During percussion, what do solid organs, fluids, and tumors sound like? - ✔✔✔ - A dull sound that
may sound like percussion sounds of the thigh
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What are symptoms - ✔✔✔ - Subjective information. What a patient feels or caregiver is describing
about patient (ie. young pediatrics)
What are signs? - ✔✔✔ - Objective information. What a provider can see, feel, and hear. Includes
findings on physical exam.
Gravidity (Gravida) - ✔✔✔ - The number times a woman has been pregnant. Current pregnancies are
included. This is only a count of pregnancies, not babies. For example, a twin pregnancy only counts
as one pregnancy.
Parity (Para) - ✔✔✔ - The number of births or completed pregnancies that made it to at least 20
weeks. This includes live and stillborn births. Multiples (twins) count as one.
What does GTPAL stand for? - ✔✔✔ - Gravida, Term, Preterm, Abortion, Living
Term Births - ✔✔✔ - The number of births completed at or beyond 37 weeks. Multiples count as one.
Stillborn births are included.
Preterm Briths - ✔✔✔ - The number of briths completed between 20 and 37 weeks. Stillborn births
are included. Multiples count as one.
Abortion and Miscarriage - ✔✔✔ - The number of briths that were lost before week 20. Multiples
count as one.
Living - ✔✔✔ - The number of living children a mother has given birth to.
Pertinent Positive Findings - ✔✔✔ - Sign or symptom that has a possible relevance to the present or
suspected illness.
, Pertinent Negative Findings - ✔✔✔ - Sign or symptom that are not present but often related to the
present or suspected illness.
What are the goals of the physical exam? - ✔✔✔ - Obtain valid health information about the patient.
Identify, analyze and synthesize the information into a comprehensive assessment and develop
differential diagnoses
Vitals to consider during the physical exam - ✔✔✔ - Height, weight, BMI, growth charts, temperature,
blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood oxygen level.
Standard physical exam equipment - ✔✔✔ - Stethoscope, Otoscope, Reflex hammer, Tuning fork,
Gowns and/or drapes
4 cardinal principles of physical examination - ✔✔✔ - 1. Inspection
2. Auscultation
3. Percussion
4. Palpation
What can hypoactive or absent abdominal sounds indicate? - ✔✔✔ - Postoperative paralytic ileus or
peritonitis related paralytic ileus.
Paralytic ileus - ✔✔✔ - Also known as functional ileus, this is a condition that occurs when the
muscles of the intestines are temporarily paralyzed, preventing food from passing through
Peritonitis - ✔✔✔ - Inflammation of the peritoneum (membrane lining the abdominal cavity and
surrounding the organs within it)
What can hyperactive bowel sounds indicate? - ✔✔✔ - early bowel obstruction, gastroenteritis,
diarrhea, or with use of laxatives
During percussion, what do solid organs, fluids, and tumors sound like? - ✔✔✔ - A dull sound that
may sound like percussion sounds of the thigh
