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Health Assessment Part 2 - Body Systems

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Hyperopia   farsightedness,  
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Myopia   nearsightedness  
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Presbyopia   impaired near vision in middle-age and older adults, caused by loss of elasticity of the lens and associated with the aging process.  
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Retinopathy   a noninflammatory eye disorder resulting from changes in retinal blood vessels. It is a leading cause of blindness.  
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Strabismus   congenital condition in which both eyes do not focus on an object simultaneously; these eyes appear crossed. Impairment of the extraocular muscles or their nerve supply  
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Glaucoma   intraocular structural damage resulting from elevated intraocular pressure. Obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor.  
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Macular degeneration   blurred central vision often occurring suddenly, caused by progressive degeneration of retina. Most common visual impairment over 50 and most common cause of blindness in older adults. No cure.  
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Nystagmus   An involuntary, rhythmical oscillation of the eyes, by periodically stopping movement of the finger.  
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You initiate nystagmus in clients with normal eye movements by?   Having them gaze to the far left or right. Disturbances in eye movement reflect local injury to eye muscles and supporting structures or a disorder of the cranial nerves innervating the muscles.  
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Pupils more than __ centimeters is considered dilated.   3  
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An abnormal drooping of the lid over the pupil is called __ and caused by edema or impairment of the third cranial nerve.   ptosis (pronounced “toe-sis”)  
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Lid margins that turn out   ectropion  
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Entropion sometimes leads to the lashes of the lid   irritating the conjunctiva and cornea, increasing the risk of infection.  
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When assessing the thorax, use   inspection, percussion, and auscultation.  
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green phlegm is   bacterial  
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white phlegm is   viral  
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rusty phlegm is   TB perhaps or pneumonia  
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pink frothy phlegm is   emphysema  
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Bronchial sounds   Expiration is longer than inspiration to hear this sound.  
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Bronchovesicular sounds   on either side of the sternum. Close to the bronchus in the lung. Moderate pitch sounds. Inspiration should equal expiration.  
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Vesicular sounds   low pitch – sounds like wind through the trees – inspiration long than exhalations.  
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Adventitious Breath Sounds   bad lung sounds  
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Crackles/Rales   Sounds like rubbing your hair in front of your ears or rice crispies. Tend to be in the lower lobes.  
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Coarse/Rhonchi   When you have fluid in the lungs – sounds like someone snoring. Can cough it out, sometimes.  
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Wheezes   airway is constricted – musical sounds – high pitch  
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Stridor   Trachea is closing down – like croup  
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Pleural Friction Rub   when pleura are inflamed and are rubbing together – sounds like rubber squeaking together. Very painful.  
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Diminished/Absent Sounds   not a good thing – could mean there is a mass, pneumothorax. COPD, emphysema  
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Barrel chest   increase anteriorposterior diameter  
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Pigeon chest   anteriorly displaced sternum  
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Funnel chest   Depressed lower sternum  
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Crepitus   when air leaks into the subcutaneous tissue from a chest tube. Tube used for relieving a pneumothorax. This is an air leak that dissipates.  
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Tactile Fremitus   checks sound vibration quality of the lungs – consolidation in the lungs like a tumor or pneumonia, the vibration would be stronger throughout those areas of the lungs.  
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A-P-E-T-M   All, people, eat, tacos, Monday  
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Aortic   Right sternal boarder – 2nd intercostal space  
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Pulmonic   base of heart – left sternal boarder  
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Erp’s (Second Pulmonic area)   Midprecordial area – 3rd intercostals, left sternal boarder  
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Tricuspid   5th intercostals space – left sternal boarder  
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Mitral   Left 5th intercostal –midclavicular line  
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Identify S1   “lub” Mitral & tricuspid – AV valve – loudest at apex  
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S2   ”dub” Semi-lunar valves – best heard at base of heart  
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Trauma, cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension cause __ in nails.   splinter hemorrhages  
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Vitamin, protein, and electrolyte changes cause various ___ to form on the nail beds.   lines or bands  
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Clubbing   Change in angle between nail and nail base (eventually larger than 180 degrees); nail bed softening, with nail flattening; often, enlargement of fingertips. Causes: Chronic lack of oxygen: heart or pulmonary disease  
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Beau's lines   Transverse depressions in nails indicating temporary disturbance of nail growth - Causes: Systemic illness such as severe infection; nail injury  
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Koilonychia (spoon nail)   Con cave curves - Causes: Iron deficiency anemia, syphilis, use of strong detergents  
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Splinter hemorrhages   Red or brown linear streaks in nail bed - Causes: Minor trauma, subacute bacterial endocarditis, trichinosis.  
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Paronychia   Inflammation of skin at base of nail - Causes: Local infection, trauma.  
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JVD   Jugular Vein Distention or Jugular Venous Pulse  
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CVP   Central venous pressure  
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Thrills   vibrations, similar to purring cat  
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Heaves/lift   lifting of the cardiac area  
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Abdominal Assessment Order of assessment   Inspection, Auscultation, Percussion, Palpation  
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Intermittent gurgling sounds throughout the abdomen are a result of   air and fluid movement  
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Borborygmi   high pitch growling bowel sounds – indicates increased gastrointestinal motility.  
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Absent bowel sounds   Auscultate 5 minutes in each quadrant  
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Dullness sound in abdomen   generally heard over a solid organ, mass, full bladder  
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McBurney’s Point   pain in the right lower quadrant - appendicitis  
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Blumberg’s Sign   on left side - rebound tenderness – poke into their abdomen – appendicitis – could also indicate Crone’s  
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Rovsing’s Sign   referred pain in the abdomen - appendicitis  
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Iliopsoas   raise their right leg off the table and push on the thigh, if they have pain there, they have a positive sign.  
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Obturator   raise right leg and raise it out to the side.  
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Murphy’s Sign   Cholycystitis – inflammation of gallbladder – deep palpation with a deep breath under their right rib.  
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CVA/Flank pain   Hand over kidneys and pound on it. If pain, then kidney inflammation.  
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Romberg Test   Stand straight up, feet together, hands at their side, and wait about 20 seconds. If difficulty, could be cerebral ataxia. Or proprioception reception lost - lose their sense of space.  
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Tandem walking   walking heal-to-toe – could indicate neuron lesion, alcohol intoxication, cerebral dysfunction.  
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Babinski Reflex   tickle the bottom of the foot (lateral edge and across the foot) and toes fan as infant until about 24 months. In adult, fanning of toes is wrong. Toes should curl - brain injury indicated if toes fan in an adult.  
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In ear exam, pull ears?   Back and up for adult  
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Excoriation   local skin breakdown  
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Phlebitis   inflammation of vein that occurs  
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The nurse accurately assesses temperature by palpating the skin with the ___ of the hand, because this area of the hand is more sensitive to temperature than is the base of the hands, the fingertips, or the palmar surface.   dorsum or back  
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Pigmented skin lesions that are ___ are lesions that are suspect and should be reported to a medical provider.   asymmetrical, have irregular borders, have variegated colors, and are larger than 6 mm in diameter  
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Rhonchi are?   Loud, low-pitched, rumbling, coarse sounds heard most often during inspiration or expiration.  
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Crackles are?   moist sounds heard during inspiration that are not cleared with coughing.  
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Wheezes are?   high-pitched continuous muscles sounds such as a squeak heard continuously during inspiration and expiration.  
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The closing of the aortic and tricuspid valves is the   S1 sound  
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The S2 (dub) sound is the second heart sound and indicates closure of the   aortic and pulmonic valves  
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The ___ is felt on the top of the foot in line with the groove between the extensor tendons of the great toe and the first toe.   dorsalis pedis pulse  
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The ___ is felt in the groove behind the medial malleolus.   posterior tibial pulse  
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Adduction is   movement toward the body.  
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Abduction is   movement away from the body.  
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Flexion is   movement that decreases the angle of the joint  
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Extension is   movement that increase the angle of the joint.  
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Explaining a saying indicates the client's ability to perform   abstract reasoning.  
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Judgment involves   comparison and evaluation of facts and ideas to understand their relationships and to form appropriate conclusions.  
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Knowledge is   understanding or awareness of information gained through learning or experience.  
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Association involves   finding similarities between concepts.  
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The supine position provides easy access to   pulse sites  
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Resonance is the low, hollow sound of normal   lungs.  
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Hyperresonance can be heard over   emphysematous lungs as a booming sound.  
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Tympany is the high-pitched, drumlike sound heard over a   gastric air bubble.  
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Dullness is the soft, thudlike sound that is heard over   dense organ tissue  
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Pallor would appear as __ in brown-skinned people.   yellowish brown  
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Pallor would manifest as ___ in light-skinned people.   bluish skin  
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Pallor would appear as __ skin in black-skinned people.   ashen gray  
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Shiny skin indicates   edema  
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Kyphosis   (hunchback) is an exaggeration of the posterior curvature of the thoracic spine and is common in older adults.  
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Lordosis   (swayback) is increased lumbar curvature.  
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Scoliosis   is lateral spinal curvature.  
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Hypotonic   muscle has little tone and feels flabby, usually because of atrophy of muscle mass.  
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