SKINNY Reasoning Simulation
Appendicitis
1. Which findings from the present problem are most important and noticed by the nurse as clinically significant?
Most Important Findings Clinical Significance
2. Which data from the social history is most important and noticed by the nurse as clinically significant?
Most Important Findings Clinical Significance
3. Which findings from the contextual factors are most important and noticed by the nurse as clinically significant?
Most Important Findings Clinical Significance
Patient Care Begins
4. Which vital sign findings are most important and noticed by the nurse as clinically significant?
Most Important Data Clinical Significance
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5. What assessment data needs to be noticed as most important? Interpret its clinical significance.
Most Important Data Clinical Significance
Auscultate Breath Sounds
Place a circle on the chest where the nurse would place the stethoscope to
auscultate the left upper lobe.
Click this link to listen. Identify what type of breath sounds are heard, and
interpret their clinical significance.
Breath Sounds Clinical Significance
Auscultate Bowel Sounds
Place a circle on the abdomen where the nurse would place the stethoscope to
auscultate the left lower quadrant
Click this link to hear bowel sounds. Identify what type of bowel sounds are
heard, and interpret their clinical significance.
Bowel Sounds Clinical Significance
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Appendicitis
1. Which findings from the present problem are most important and noticed by the nurse as clinically significant?
Most Important Findings Clinical Significance
2. Which data from the social history is most important and noticed by the nurse as clinically significant?
Most Important Findings Clinical Significance
3. Which findings from the contextual factors are most important and noticed by the nurse as clinically significant?
Most Important Findings Clinical Significance
Patient Care Begins
4. Which vital sign findings are most important and noticed by the nurse as clinically significant?
Most Important Data Clinical Significance
© 2023 KeithRN LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this case study may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system or transmitted in any
form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of KeithRN
, SKINNY Reasoning Simulation
5. What assessment data needs to be noticed as most important? Interpret its clinical significance.
Most Important Data Clinical Significance
Auscultate Breath Sounds
Place a circle on the chest where the nurse would place the stethoscope to
auscultate the left upper lobe.
Click this link to listen. Identify what type of breath sounds are heard, and
interpret their clinical significance.
Breath Sounds Clinical Significance
Auscultate Bowel Sounds
Place a circle on the abdomen where the nurse would place the stethoscope to
auscultate the left lower quadrant
Click this link to hear bowel sounds. Identify what type of bowel sounds are
heard, and interpret their clinical significance.
Bowel Sounds Clinical Significance
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form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of KeithRN
