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1. What is the side-lying position
correct position
when performing
a rectal/prostate
exam?
2. When doing your Posterior surface
prostate exam,
what area are you
palpating?
3. What should a Rubbery and smooth
normal prostate
feel like?
4. How do you When the patient is experiencing sliding of the rectum, occurs during straining
know that some-
one has rectal
prolapse?
5. What do exter- small masses that are pink/red and beefy.
nal hemorrhoids
look like? ....If it's purple/really dark in color; that is a concern for a thrombus or necrotic
tissue and a bad finding!!
6. What do internal soft masses.
hemorrhoids feel
like? ....Hard is a concern and a bad finding!
7. What are some 1) Cancer - change in bowel habits, pain, blood in stool.
causes of rectal 2) hemorrhoid's
bleeding? 3) Constipation/straining
4) colitis/inflammation or infection of the bowel
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5) Fissures
6) GI bleed
7) NSAIDS, aspirin (NOT TYLENOL)
8) Chrohn's
8. Constipation and Small amounts of bright red blood
hemorroids
Intermittent or during straining
Symptoms: Pain, itching, bleeding
9. What color is the Bright red
blood of a Lower
GI bleed?
10. What color is the Dark red/tarry/melanotic
blood of an upper
GI bleed?
11. Sequence of Inspect, Palpate, Passive/Active ROM, and Joint Stability/Assess
musculoskeletal
exam -Stability tests; if your pt has knee pain and you're concerned about an ACL tear,
you'll do stability testing and load joint to see if joint is stable
12. Normal decreased ROM, joint pain, stiffness, increased risk of osteoarthritis, increased
musculoskeletal bone reabsorption—this can cause instability
changes in aging
13. What is the best inspection by comparing joint from one side to the other
way to assess for
joint symmetry?
14.