QUESTIONS n ANSWERS GRADED A+
How to assess patients for pain, look at 0-10 scale, how to assess and how to document
ex. elbow hurting, first thing u need to do is assess what that pain really is
explain 01 worst, 0 least known pain
do this when conducting a focused health assessment- focused looking at specific issues and
symptoms pt is presenting with - correct answer ✔✔
comprehensive health assessment - correct answer ✔✔ integrates all body systems and helps
give you a overall health, make room very private warm and adequate lighting
remember things to do in order while doing an assessment overall know that the abdomen
assessment is different
compare the order of the assessment
touch abdomen last while doing abdomen- touching can change sound! - correct answer ✔✔
Know subjective and objective data
ex. sub- how pt describes their pain - correct answer ✔✔
cognitive assessment of pt, best thing to say current month and year
nclex- will ask- date and month is posted in hospitals usually to post both - correct answer ✔✔
When assessing a pt look at their ability to breathe
, Urgent assessment would be is struggling to breath, insure pt has patent airway first! pt may be
pale anxious, first thing always check airway patent - correct answer ✔✔
documentation: ex. assessing a pt awareness, client is alert cooperative sitting comfortably with
hands in lap - correct answer ✔✔
Always important to explain to pt what it is you are going to do to them, - correct answer ✔✔
look in text: temporal mandibular pain, what it is and how to assess for that - correct answer
✔✔ more prevalent in women than men
clicking or crepitus may be associated with jaw or neck pain
Read about post menopausal women and osteoporosis-know what it is - correct answer ✔✔
Estrogen, a hormone in women that protects bones, decreases sharply when women reach
menopause. A woman can lose about 20% of bone mass in the first 5 to 7 years after
menopause. Caucasian women have the highest risk of developing problems from loss of bone
density
Women experience rapid loss of bone density for the first 5 to 7 years after menopause
Know def of adduction/abduction/rotation/extension- look at photos and definition. know
midline if more midline what is this? - correct answer ✔✔
How to assess for patients strength use 2 fingers, do it bilaterally to compare strength
differences if any - correct answer ✔✔
Musculoskeletal system- look at objective data under this system
ex. neck rotation limited to 50 degrees would be an objective finding - correct answer ✔✔