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ATI - Chapter 26 Flashcards

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Data collection includes obtaining _______ and _____ data from clients.

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subjective and objective

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The health history provides _____ data.

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subjective

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The physical examination and diagnostic tests provide ______ data.

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objective

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_______ are a framework for obtaining information about clients’ physical, developmental, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual dimensions.

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standardized formats

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_______ for health assessment foster communication and create an environment that promotes an optimal health assessment/data collection experience.

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therapeutic techniques

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Therapeutic communication helps develop rapport with clients. The techniques encourage a _____ relationship, whereby clients feel comfortable telling their story.

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trusting

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Therapeutic communication begins with the purpose of the interview, gather information, and then conclude the interview by _________

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summarizing the findings.

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When using therapeutic communication introduce yourself and the various parts of the _____.

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assessment

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When using therapeutic communication determine what the client wants you to _____.

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call him

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When using therapeutic communication allow more time for responses from ______.

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older adults

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When using therapeutic communication make sure the client is ______.

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comfortable (temp, chair, bed, etc)

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When using therapeutic communication, when possible, start by asking for the health history, performing the general survey, and _______ to build rapport prior to moving on to more sensitive parts of the examination.

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measuring vital signs

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When using therapeutic communication reduce environmental noises (TV, radio, visitors talking) to enhance communication and eliminate ______.

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distractions

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When using therapeutic communication ensure understanding by obtaining ______ services for clients who have language or other communication barriers.

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interpretive

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When using therapeutic communication note the client’s ______ communication (body language, eye contact, tone of voice).

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nonverbal

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When using therapeutic communication avoid using ______, giving advice, ignoring feelings, and offering false reassurance.

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medical/nursing jargon

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Health History Components

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Demographic info
Source of history
Chief concern
History of Present Illness
Past Health History and Current Health Status
Family History
Pscyhosocial History
Health Promotion Behaviors
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Demographic Information to Collect

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Name, address, contact info
Birth date, age
Gender
Race, ethnicity
Relationship status
Occupation, employment status
Insurance
Emergency contact info
Family, others living at home
Advance directives
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Source of history can come from client, family members or close friends, other medical records, ______. The reliability of the historian must be taken into account.

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other providers

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A brief statement in the client’s own words of why is is seeking care is called the ______.

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chief concern

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A detailed, chronological description of why the client is seeking care is called the _________. Details about the manifestations, such as location, quality, quantity, setting, timing (onset and duration), precipitating factors, alleviating or ______ factors, associated phenomena (concomitant manifestations)

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history of present illness

aggravating

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Past health history and current health status include ______ illnesses, both communicable and chronic.

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childhood

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Past health history and current health status include medical, _____, obstetrical, gynecological, psychiatric history, including time frames, diagnoses, hospitalizations, and ______.

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surgical

treatments

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Past health history and current health status include ____ to medication, environment, food.

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allergies

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Past health history and current health status include current medications including prescription, over the counter, vitamins, supplements, ______, time of last dose(s)

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herbal remedies

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Past health history and current health status include habits and _______ (alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, recreation drugs)

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lifestyle patterns

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Family history includes health information of grandparents, parents, siblings, children, and _____.

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grandchildren

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Family history includes family structure, interaction, _____ , and function.

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support system

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Family history includes current ages or age at death, acute and _____ disorders of family members.

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chronic

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______ history include relationships, support systems, concerns about living or work situations, financial status, ability to perform activities of daily living and spiritual health.

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psychosocial

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Health promotion behaviors include exercise/activity, diet, sun exposure, wearing of safety equipment, substance use, environmental exposures, home environment, resources, _____, sleep patterns or coping measures.

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stress

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Health promotion behaviors include ______ of risks for heart disease, cancer, diabetes, mellitus, and stroke.

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awareness

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An extensive review of ______ ascertains information about the functioning of all body systems and health problems.

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systems

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Questions to Ask: Integumentary System

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Do you have skin diseases?
Do you have any itching, bruising, lumps, hair loss, nail changes, or sores?
Do you have any allergies?
How do you care for your hair, skin, and nails?
Do you use any lotions, soaps, or sunscreenor wear protective clothing?

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Questions to Ask: Head and Neck

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Do you get headaches? If so, how often? (ask about and note onset, precipitating factors, duration, character pattern, and concomitant manifestations)
What do you do to relieve the pain?
Have you ever had a head injury?
Can you move your head and shoulders with ease?
Are any of your lymph nodes swollen? (If so, ask about recent colds or viral infections)
Have you noticed any unusual facial movements?
Does anyone in your family have thyroid disease?

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Questions to Ask: Eyes

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How is your vision?
Have you noticed any changes in your vision?
Do you ever have any fluid draining from your eyes?
Do you wear eyeglasses? Contact lenses?
When was your last eye exam?
Does anyone in your family have any eye disorders?
Do you have diabetes?

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Questions to Ask: Ears, nose, mouth, and throat

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How well do you hear?
Have you noticed any changes in your hearing?
Have other people commented that you aren’t hearing what they say?
Do you wear hearing aids?
Do you have ringing or buzzing in your ears, drainage, dizziness, or pain?
Have you had ear infections?
How do you clean your ears?
Are you having any pain, stuffiness, or fluid draining from nose?
Do you have nosebleeds?
DO you have any difficulty breathing through your nose?
Have you noticed any change in your sense of smell or taste?
How often do you go the the dentist?
Do you have dentures or retainers?
Do you have any problems with your gums, like bleeding or soreness?
Do you have any difficulty swallowing or problems with hoarseness or a sore throat?
Do you have allergies?
Do you use nasal sprays?
Do you know if you snore?

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Questions to Ask: Breasts

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Do you perform breast self-examinations? For women: What time of the month do you perform them?
Do you have any tenderness, lumps, thickening, pain, drainage, distortion, or change in breast size, or any retraction or scaling of the nipples?
Has anyone in your family had breast cancer?
Are you aware of breast cancer risks?
For clients over 40: How often do you get a mammogram

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Questions to Ask: Respiratory system

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Do you have any difficulties breathing?
Do you breathe easier in any particular position?
Are you ever short of breath?
Have you recently been around anyone who has a cough, cold, or influenza?
Do you receive and influenza vaccine every year?
Have you had the pneumonia vaccine?
Do you smoke? If yes, for how long and how much? Are you interested in quitting?
Are you around second hand smoke?
Do you have environmental allergies?
Has anyone in your family had lung cancer or tb?
Have you ever been around anyone who has tb?
Have you had a tb test?

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Questions to Ask: Cardiovascular system

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Do you have any problems with your heart?
Do you take any medications for your heart?
Do you ever have pain in your chest? Do you also feel it in your arms, neck or jaw?
Do you know if you have high cholesterol or high bp?
Do you have any swelling in your feet and ankles?
Do you cough frequently?
Are you familiar with the risk factors for heart disease?

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Questions to Ask: Gastrointestinal system

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Do you have any problems with your stomach, such as nausea, vomiting, heartburn, or pain?
Do you have any problems with your bowels, such as diarrhea or constipation?
When was your last bowel movement?
Do you ever use laxatives or enemas?
Have you had any black or tarry stools?
Do you take aspirin or ibuprofen? If so, how often?
Do you have any abdominal or lower back pain or tenderness?
Have you had any recent weight changes?
Do you have any swallowing difficulties? Do you drink alcohol? If so, how much?
For clients over 50: Have you had a colonoscopy? If so, when was your last one?
Do you know the signs and symptoms of colon cancer?
What is your typical day’s intake of food and fluid?
Do you have any dietary restrictions, food intolerances, or special practices?

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Questions to Ask: Genitourinary system

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Do you have any difficulties with urination, such as burning, leakage or loss of urine, urgency, frequency, waking up at night to urinate, or hesitancy?
Have you noticed any change in the color of your urine? For women: Have you noticed any changes in your menstrual cycle?
Have you had pain during intercourse?
Have you had any sexual problems?
For men: Have you had any pain in your scrotum or testes?

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Questions to Ask: Musculoskeletal system

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Have you noticed any pain in your joints or muscles?
Do you have any weakness or twitching?
Have you had any recent falls?
Are you able to care for yourself?
Do you exercise or participate in sports?
For postmenopausal women: What was your max height?
For postmenopausal women: Do you take calcium supplements?

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Questions to Ask: Neurological system

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Have you noticed any change in your vision, speech, ability to think clearly, or loss of or change in memory?
Do you have any dizziness or headaches?
Do you ever have seizures? If so, what triggers them?
Do you ever have any weakness, tremors, numbness, or tingling anywhere? If so, where?

45
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Questions to Ask: Mental Health

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Is there anything stressful going on at work or at home?
Are you having any problems with depression or changes in mood?
Have you had any recent losses?
Are you having any problems concentrating?

46
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Questions to Ask: Endocrine system

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Have you noticed any change in urination patterns?
Have you noticed any change in your energy level?
Have you noticed any change in your ability to handle stress?
Have you noticed any change in in weight or appetite?
Have you had any visual disturbances?
Have you had any palpitations?

47
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Questions to Ask: Allergic / Immunologic system

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Do you have any allergies to medications, foods, or environmental substances?
Have you ever received a blood transfusion? If so, did you have any adverse reactions.

48
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During a physical examination make sure there is ______ lighting.

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adequate

49
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During a physical examination maintain a quiet and ______ environment.

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comfortable

50
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During a physical examination provide ____, using a gown or draping the client with a sheet and visualizing only one section of the body at a time.

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privacy

51
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During a physical examination ____ the various assessment/data collection techniques you will use.

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explain

52
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During a physical examination look and ______ before touching.

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observe

53
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During a physical examination keep _____ short, and hands and stethoscope warm.

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nails

54
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During a physical examination do not feel or listen through _____ (it can obscure or create sounds).

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clothing

55
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During a physical examination have necessary _____ ready.

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equipment

56
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During a physical examination use standard precautions when in contact with body fluids, wound drainage, and _______.

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open lesions

57
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During a physical examination with older adult clients allow enough time for ______ change.

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position

58
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During a physical examination with older adult clients perform assessments/data collection in several shorter segments to avoid overtiring older adults. Organize the examination, finishing all techniques requiring the same position before moving on to the _____.

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next position.

59
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During a physical examination with older adult clients make sure older adults who use sensory aids (glasses, hearing aids) have them _____.

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available for use

60
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During a physical examination with older adult clients invite the client to use the ______ before beginning the physical examination. Collect urine or fecal specimens at this time.

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bathroom

61
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Inspect, palpate, ____, ausculate in that order. The exception is the abdomen in which you inspect, ausculate, ______ and the palpate to avoid altering bowel sounds.

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percuss

percuss

62
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_______ begins with the first interaction and continues throughout the exam.

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inspection

63
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During inspection a ______, an otoscope, and ophthalmoscope, or another lighted instrument can enhance the process.

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penlight

64
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Inspection involves using the senses of vision, smell (olfaction), and _____ to observe and detect any expected or unexpected findings. Inspect for size, shape, ___, symmetry (comparing both sides of the body), and position

A

hearing

color

65
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During inspection validate finding with the _____.

A

client

66
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_____ is the use of touch to determine the size, consistency, texture, temperature, location and ____ of the skin, underlying tissues, an organ or a body part. Palpate ____ areas last.

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palpation
tender
tender

67
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Use light palpation (less than 1 cm for most body surfaces. Use deeper palpation (4 cm) to evaluate the ______ organs or masses.

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abdominal

68
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Various part of your hands detect different _____ when using palpation.

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sensations

69
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The ____ surface is the most sensitive to temperature.

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dorsal

70
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The ____ surface and base of the fingers are sensitive to vibration

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palmar

71
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_____ are sensitive to pulsation, position, texture, turgor, ______ and consistency.

A

fingertips

size

72
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Starting with light palpation, be _____, calm, and gentle. Proceed to deep palpation if necessary.

A

systematic

73
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______ involves tapping body parts with fingers, fists, or small instruments to vibrate underlying tissues and evaluate size, location, tenderness, and presence or absence of fluid or air in body organs, and to detect any _______.

A

percussion

abnormalities

74
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The denser the tissue, the quieter the _____.

A

sound

75
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An understanding of the effect of various densities on sound can help you locate organs or masses, find their ____, and estimate their size.

A

edges

76
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Techniques for percussion include _____, indirect, and fist.

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direct

77
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____ percussion, which involves striking the body to elicit sounds.

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direct

78
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_____ percussion, which involves placing your hand flatly on the body, as the striking surface, for sound production.

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indirect

79
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_____ percussion, which helps identify tenderness over the kidneys, liver, and gallbladder.

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fist

80
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_______ is the process of listening to sounds the body produces to identify unexpected findings. Some sounds are loud enough to hear unaided (speech and coughing), but most sounds require a ____ or a doppler technique (heart sounds, air moving through the respiratory tract, blood moving through blood vessels). Learn to isolate the various sound to collect data accurately.

A

auscultation

stethescope

81
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Evaluate sounds for amplitude or intensity (loud or soft), pitch or frequency (high or low), duration (time the sound lasts), and ___ (what it sounds like).

A

quality

82
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Use the diaphragm of the stethosocpe to listen to high-pitched sounds (heart sounds, _____, lung sounds).

A

bowel sounds

83
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Place the ____ firmly on the body part.

A

diaphragm

84
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Place the ____ lightly on the body part.

A

bell

85
Q

Use the bell of the stethoscope to listen to ______ sounds (unexpected heart sounds, bruits).

A

low pitched

86
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Equipment for Screening Examination

A 
Gown
Drapes
Scale with height measurment
Thermometer
Stethoscope with diaphragm and bell
Sphygomomanometer
Reading/eye chart
Otoscope, opthalmoscope, nasal speculum
Penlight
Cotton balls
Sharp and dull objects
Tuning fork
Glassor water
Items to test smell and taste
Clean gloves
Tongue depressor
Reflex hammer
Pulse oximeter
Marking pen
Measuring tape and clear, flexible ruler with measurements in centimeters
Watch or clock to measure time in seconds
87
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The _____ is a written summary or appraisal of overall health. Gather is info form the first encounter with the client and continue to make observations throughout the assessment process.

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general survey

88
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General Survey: Physical appearance

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Age
Gender
Race and/or Ethinicity
Level of consciousness
Color of skin
Facial features
Signs of distress (pallor, labored breathing, guarding, anxiety)
Signs of possible physical abuse or neglect
Signs of substance use disorders
89
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General Survey: Body Structure

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Body build, stature, height, and weight
Nutritional status
Symmetry of body parts
Posture and usual position
Gross abnormalities (skin lesions, amputations)
90
Q

General Survey: Mobility

A

Gait
Movements (purposeful, temulous)
ROM
Motor activity

91
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General Survey: Behavior

A

Facial expression and mannerisms
Mood and affect
Speech
Dress, hygiene, grooming, and odors (body, breath)

92
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General Survey: Vital Signs

A 
Temperature
Pulse
Respirations
Blood pressure
Oxygen saturation

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