Health Assessment Exam 1- Columbus State University Final Test Questions All Solved Correct.

Objective - Answer What the nurse experiences and observes; should be charted in short sentences Subjective - Answer What the patient states; should be charted exactly as the patient says it Comprehensive - Answer the whole body assessment; only to be performed in non emergency situations;establishes a baseline and should be done at the beginning of the shift Focused interview - Answer one part of the body assessment; should be performed in emergency situations; performed several times; subjective, objective, assessment, plan - Answer What does SOAP stand for? assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation - Answer What does APIE stand for? inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation - Answer What are the four assessment techniques for physical assessment? Abdominal - Answer What is the exception for not using health assessment techniques? fremitus - Answer palpable vibration light palpation - Answer 1 cm; radial pulse; using the dorsal surface (back of the hand) deep palpation - Answer 2 to 4 in deep; palm of dominant hand with non dominant hand on top; kidneys, spleen, liver Appendicitis, pain - Answer When is palpation contradicted? Especially deep? Guarding - Answer holding over the area that is painful to determine size and shape of organs and masses - Answer When is percussion used?