Midwife Exam Midterm Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Midwife Exam Midterm Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Verbal consent - "do you give me permission to touch you" Written consent - consent of the patient allowing to proceed with the physical exam on paper Reasons for conducting a physical exam - -validates the client's concerns and complaints related to health -assists in formulation assessment, interventions, and plan of care -monitors current health concerns -obtains baseline information for future assessments Components of a physical exam - -inspection/visualization -palpation -percussion -auscultation inspection/visualization, - Always comes first, look at the whole person, then at each body system, begins the moment you see the client, have good lighting Inspection instruments - -Otoscope (to visualize the ear canal) - Ophthalmoscope (to visualize the eye) - Vaginal speculum Palpation - Use your sense of touch, feel for: Page 2/9 ©EmilyCharlene 2024. All Rights Reserved. - Texture - Temperature - Moisture - Organ location and size - Swelling - Lumps, bumps, masses - Tenderness or pain Percussion - Tapping the body with the fingertips to produce sounds to evaluate size, borders, consistency of organs or fluid-filled cavities Auscultation - Location for listening: -heart -blood vessels -lungs -abdomen -the baby's heartbeat Auscultation instruments - Tools for auscultation: -Stethoscope -fetoscope Vital Signs - -Height -Weight Page 3/9 ©EmilyCharlene 2024. All Rights Reserved. -BP -Temperature -Pulse -Respiration Review of Systems - Designed to bring out clinical symptoms which the client may have overlooked or forgotten. The ROS at the first visit is more complete touching on all systems. Cardiovascular - heart and blood vessels Gastrointestinal - -mouth -pharynx (throat) -esophagus -stomach -small intestine -large intestine -rectum -anus Genitourinary - kidneys -ureters -bladder -urethra, Page 4/9 ©EmilyCharlene 2024. All Rights Reserved. the organs of reproduction uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and vagina ROS - Respiratory ROS - Musculoskeletal Integumentary - skin, hair, nails Neurological - -nerves -body's electrical wiring ROS - Psychiatric Endocrine - messenger system/feedback loop of hormones released by internal glands Hematologic/lymph - blood and bone marrow Elements of a SOAP note - Subjective, Objective, Assessment,