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Nurs258 (SDSU) Exam 1 Questions
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PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

Biggest thing to remember when working with infants and toddlers?


✓ Do least invasive first



PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

Biggest thing to remember when working with preschoolers?


✓ Do not offer choices if none to be made. Body first then head



PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

Biggest thing to remember when working with school age children?


✓ Tell them what you are doing before you do it. Head to toe assessment with good
explanation.



PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

Biggest thing(s) to remember when working with aging adult?


✓ Monitor comfort, do not assume hearing difficulty, be aware of changes in senses,
rest periods.
✓ Head to toe assessment (minimal position changes)



PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT

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What is the order of physical exam technique?


✓ Inspection (when you first see the patient)
✓ Palpation (confirms inspection)
✓ Percussion (tapping on skin) (direct vs indirect)
✓ Auscultation (listening



Definition for: Indicate some of the body's basic functions but reflect many

things about health


✓ Vital Signs



VITAL SIGNS

When should you do more frequently?


✓ Critical situation
✓ After surgery
✓ During blood transfusions
✓ Changes in patient status



VITAL SIGNS

Adult body temp range and average?


✓ Range - 96.4-99.1 F and 35.8-37.3 C
✓ Average - 98.6 F and 37 C



VITAL SIGNS

Factors influencing body temp?



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✓ Age
✓ Environment
✓ Time of day
✓ Exercise and Stress
✓ Hormone levels



VITAL SIGNS

When do we not take an oral temp?


✓ Unconscious, confused, seizure activity, prone, oral surgery, oral trauma, or young
children that are patients



VITAL SIGNS

Type of temp we take that is the last resort and gives core temperature?


✓ Rectal



VITAL SIGNS

Type of temp we take that is good for children but we question the accuracy


✓ Tympanic



VITAL SIGNS

Type of temp we take that is not at as accurate and must be done right


✓ Axillary



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Type of temp we use commonly and involved an artery


✓ Forehead (temporal artery)



VITAL SIGNS

Definition of contraction of ventricles pumps blood into arteries through aorta


✓ Pulse



VITAL SIGNS

Pulse site that is the most acurate?


✓ Apical



VITAL SIGNS

Pulse site that is the most common?


✓ Radial



VITAL SIGNS

When do you count for a full minute during pulse?


✓ When the count is irregular
✓ Otherwise 30 seconds and x by 2



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Factors that are influencing Pulse


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