NURS 190 Physical Assessment Midterm Review Guide

NURS 190 Physical Assessment Midterm Review Guide Physical Assessment Review Guide 2017 toc 1 1. Swollen ankle  palpation (to check for edema) 2. Flank pain  use blunt percussion 3. Annular lesion you would document  circular 4. Skin rash what questions would you ask patient?  have you had this before? 5. Subjective  family health history 6. 16-year-old teen male with musky odor  normal functions of apocrine gland 7. Light palpation  one hand 1cm 8. Child with fever, how do you check for temperature  dorsal surface of the hand 9. Linear crackles on the corner of the mouth, how would you document finding  fissure 10. Cover test, what would you tell the patient to do?  focus on distant object 11. Asses ear, what is abnormal finding?  tenderness 12. Tympanic membrane, pearly grey and shiny, how would you document?  normal -- there’s a question that will tell you that patient has otitis externa (outside of ear infection), then it will tell you what will the tympanic membrane would look like (Remember no infection inside ear so it should still be gray, translucent, shiny, pearl color! on your test she might reverse it...so remember otitis media (inside ear infection = so whitish color if it’s been infected before) and otitis externa (outside ear infection and has drainage) 1. Macular degeneration, what does that mean?  loss of center vision 2. Unexpected finding  crepitation of TMJ 3. Accommodating Sluggish Pupil constriction, how will you document  normal 4. With Weber and Rinne tests, patient states lateralization on lef t ear, what does that mean?  you have bad lef t ear -- sound lateralize or loudest on bad ear because no bone conduction. 1. Signs of DVT (select all that apply)  unilateral edema, fever, tachycardia, pain in calf, pulse would be present not absent 1. Swelling of the ear canal and drainage otitis externa 2. Chest injury crepitus  palpation 3. If you are using inspection technique what findings you can see on the girl boobs = SYMMETRY