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Health Assessments
Review for lecture final. Covers most body assessments,tests and normal values.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pain (P) | Pallative or provocation: cause, what makes it worse or better |
| Pain (Q) | Quality or quantity: describe feeling (aching, sharp, shooting) |
| Pain (R) | Region/radiating: where is the pain? radiation or localized? |
| Pain (S) | Severity: pain rating scale (#'s or faces) |
| Pain (T) | Timing: onset, frequency, duration |
| Pain (U) | You: what does it mean for you? |
| Testicular Self Exam | T=timing, once/monthS=shower, warm water relaxes scrotal sacE=examine, look for changes and report |
| Symptoms of testicular cancer | Lumps or swelling (painless or uncomfortable), sense of heaviness/soreness in lower abdomen or scrotum |
| Mini 1A- General Overview | -behavior and appearance-conciousness, orientation, speech-affect/mood-skin color, temperature-postion, posture, movements-vitals |
| Mini 1B- Checking O2, IV, Dressing, Catheter | O2- rate/routeIV- solution, rate, siteDressing- where, drainageCatheter- drainage (amount, color) |
| Mini 2- Head and Neck | -eyes- eye contact, condition (drainage, color of sclera, pupils)-facial expression, condition of skin-inspect scalp, mouth, tongue, mucous membranes, lips-palpate carotid arteries |
| Mini 3- Upper Limbs | -palpate brachial and radial pulses bilateraly-skin edema/texture/integrity-tissue turgor-cap refill-hand grips |
| Mini 4- Chest and Abdomen | -inspect/palpate chest wall-heart sounds/lung sounds-inspect/auscultate/palpate abdomen |
| Mini 5- Legs and Feet | -position of legs and feet-bilateral pedal pulses-color/warmth/sensation of feet bilaterally-edema, cap refill, skin integrity bilaterally-strength and sensation of both legs |