NUR216 ARIZONA COLLEGE
What is a 'General Survey'? correct answersBegins the moment you first
encounter a patient. *Physical Appearance
*Behavior
*Body Structure
*Mobility.
General Survey: Physical Appearance correct answersage, sex, level of
consciousness, skin color, facial features
General Survey: Mobility correct answers-Gait
-Range of Motion (ROM)
General Survey: Body Structure correct answersstature, nutrition,
symmetry, posture, position, body build, contour
General Survey: Behavior correct answersfacial expression, mood and
affect, speech, speech pattern, dress (appropriate to weather), personal
hygiene
Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) correct answersNeurologic assessment of
* verbal response
*eye opening
*motor function.
GCS scoring eyes correct answersEyes
-4 Open spontaneously
-3 Opens on verbal
-2 Opens on pain
-1 Unresponsive
GCS Scoring: Verbal correct answersSpeech
-5 Speaks spontaneously, makes sense
-4 Speaks spontaneously, but is confused
-3 Speaks spontaneously, does NOT make sense
-2 Makes only sounds
-1 Unresponsive
GCS Score Motor correct answersMotor
-6 Obeys verbal commands to move
+Moves due to stimuli
-5 Localizes pain
What is a 'General Survey'? correct answersBegins the moment you first
encounter a patient. *Physical Appearance
*Behavior
*Body Structure
*Mobility.
General Survey: Physical Appearance correct answersage, sex, level of
consciousness, skin color, facial features
General Survey: Mobility correct answers-Gait
-Range of Motion (ROM)
General Survey: Body Structure correct answersstature, nutrition,
symmetry, posture, position, body build, contour
General Survey: Behavior correct answersfacial expression, mood and
affect, speech, speech pattern, dress (appropriate to weather), personal
hygiene
Glascow Coma Scale (GCS) correct answersNeurologic assessment of
* verbal response
*eye opening
*motor function.
GCS scoring eyes correct answersEyes
-4 Open spontaneously
-3 Opens on verbal
-2 Opens on pain
-1 Unresponsive
GCS Scoring: Verbal correct answersSpeech
-5 Speaks spontaneously, makes sense
-4 Speaks spontaneously, but is confused
-3 Speaks spontaneously, does NOT make sense
-2 Makes only sounds
-1 Unresponsive
GCS Score Motor correct answersMotor
-6 Obeys verbal commands to move
+Moves due to stimuli
-5 Localizes pain
