NU136 Exam 2 Study Guide: Fluids, Electrolytes, & ABG Interpretation

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why do we weigh/measure the patient? .....ANSWER.....we want

to know if the patient is losing or gaining weight, measure with

no shoes. baby's sound be held so they do not fall

First thing to do when measuring weight is?

.....ANSWER.....Callbrate the weights**

Why is an assessment important? .....ANSWER.....data collection

privacy .....ANSWER.....(Make sure you drape and cover what

you dont need to assess) only expose the areas of assessment

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what do you do first when assessing your patient?

.....ANSWER.....observe, looking, Look at appearance,

look for lesions, rashes, pressure ulcers.

gait, active movement.




interviewing ( if the patient is confused or disoriented, interview

the family as its primary source)

Primary source of information .....ANSWER.....is patient

secondary source of information .....ANSWER.....is the family.

symmetry of the shoulder .....ANSWER.....Scoliosis, Kyphosis

(hunchback), Lumbar lordosis

lumbar lordosis .....ANSWER.....excessive inward curvature of the

lower back (lumbar spine).

Scoliosis .....ANSWER.....lateral curvature of the spine

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Kyphosis (hunchback) .....ANSWER.....spinal deformity

characterized by an excessive outward curvature of the upper

back (thoracic spine)

most common for elderly patients

Look at eyes .....ANSWER.....PERRLA

PERRLA .....ANSWER.....pupils equal, round, reactive to light and

accommodation

accommodation .....ANSWER.....Checking for far and near

movement in the eyes

eye muscles (extra ocular movement) .....ANSWER.....checking side

to side movement of the eyes

nystagmus .....ANSWER.....involuntary, jerking movements of the

eyes bouncing

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Consensual reflex of the pupil .....ANSWER.....the pupil's

constriction in the eye opposite to the eye that is directly

stimulated by light.




react the same

glasscow coma scale .....ANSWER.....shows the levels of

consciousness.

- verbal response,

eye response,

motor response. 15 points all together no coma

it determines if patient has a neuro issue .

7n or less is coma.

what is the second thing you do while assessing your patient?

.....ANSWER.....osculate, heart sounds, lung sounds, and bowel

sounds