Exam 2: Physical assessment, *HEENT, Cranial Nerves, Vision & Hearing Flashcards
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1st step of nursing process is
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assessment
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Assessment
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collection of data pertinent to the patients health/situation
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Clincal reasoning is based on
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good assessment
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The nurse collects health data from the client to
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Compare to the ideal state of health
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When collecting health data, take into account
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Age Gender Culture Ethnicity Physical & Psychological status
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What do nurses do after collecting health data
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Incorporates it all to develop a plan of care that will help client maximize his or her health
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Develop a care plan that
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Always stays patient-centered
Always involve the patient
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Components of health assessment
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- Health history & interview (subjective)
- Performing a physical examination & review of systems: (Collecting objective data)
- Documenting finds
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Health history would be an example of
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Subjective data when interviewing
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Patient-sources information about :
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Current state of health medications previous illnesses & surgeries Family history Patient concerns, symptoms, problem, compliant
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A symptom is
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A report of what the client experiences associated with a problem
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A symptom is considered
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Subjective data
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Physical examination involves the
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Objective data collected by the nurse
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Objective data are referred to as
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Signs
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During physical examination, the nurse obtains objective data using techniques of
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Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
Auscultation
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Nurse also measures the
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Clients height weight blood pressure temperature respiratory rate pain
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Official chart documents are also
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Objective data
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Why do we document assessment findings
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allow other health care providers to use for information
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What improves the effectiveness of the entire health care team
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Complete, accurate, and descriptive documentation
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Documentation provides
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Evidence for care, services, referrals
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Patient chart is
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Legal document
Protected by HIPPA
can be reviewed by patient at their request
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Purpose of a physical examination
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- baseline data
- supplement, confirm, or refute subjective data
- identify and confirm nursing diagnosis
- make clinical decisions about a patients changing health status and management
- evaluate the outcomes of care
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Preparation for examination
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-Infection control
-Environment
-Equipment
-physical preparation of patient
-psychological preparation of patient
-assessment of age groups
-cultural sensitivity
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As soon as you meet the client, what does you initial inspection tell you
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Hygiene?
Movement?
Emotions/expressions?
Behaviors?
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Organization of the examination
Head to toe approach
- compare sides for symmetry
- assess body systems most at risk for being abnormal
- offer rest periods
- perform painful procedures at the end
- be specific when recording assessments
- records quick notes during examination and then longer
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OLD CART
Onset (1st time it started)
Location (& radiation)
Duration (how long it lasts)
Characteristics (descriptors: sharp, dull, achy)
Aggravating factors (what makes it worse)
Relieving factors (what makes it better?)
Treatment (what has been tried & effectiveness)
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Inspection
- Adequate lighting to see
- inspect each area for size, shape, color, symmetry, position, and abnormality
- position and expose body parts as needed
- SYMMETRY
- validate findings with patient
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Palpation
- Uses touch to gather information
- use different parts of hands to detect for different areas
- hands should be warm, short fingernails
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Start with ____ palpitations then end with ____ palpitations
light, deep
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Percussions
- Tap skin with fingertips to vibrate underlying tissues and organs
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The denser the tissue...
the quieter is the sound
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Auscultation requires
- good stethoscope
- good hearing or an amplified stethoscope
- knowledge
- concentration and practice
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Sound characteristics for auscultation
Frequency
soundness
quality
duration
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General survey include
- General appearance and behavior
- vital signs
- height and weight
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Examples deep palpitation
Abdomen, feeling a mass or a baby?
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Examples of general appearance and behavior
gender, race, age, signs of distress, body type, posture, gait, movements, hygiene, dress, mood, speech, signs of abuse, substance abuse
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Subjective data for head
headaches, injury, dizziness, neck pain, ROM
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Objective data for head
Inspect & Palpate
hygiene of skin/hair
skull symmetry, size, shape, scalp, masses
Facial feature symmetry
Skin, Lymph nodes
Hiar distribution, color, texture, lesions, lice
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TMJ dysfunction indicated by
Limited movement, pain with movement, and/or clicking sound
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Subjective data for nose
Patient reported symptoms
| -discharge, congestion, sinus pain, trauma, epistaxis (nosebleed). allergies, altered smell
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Objective data for nose
- inspect and palpate external
- size & shape
- symmetry/midline
- patency /obstruction
- skin
- smell
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If is it not PATENT, you
Can not assess the cranial nerve
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Olfactory nerves =
Smell
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What triggers olfactory testing?
Olfactory is not often tested, but an altered taste often triggers assessment
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Evaluate olfactory cranial nerve
- Close eyes and mouth
- occlude one nostril while testing the other
- identify familiar substances (coffee, toothpaste, etc.)
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Smell normally decreases with
aging
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One cannot test smell when
Air passages are occluded with upper respiratory infection or with sinusitis
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Abnormal findings for nose
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Epistaxis
rhinitis
rhinorrhea
sinusitis
deviated septum
nasal polyp
anosmia
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Epistaxis
Nose bleeds
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Rhinitis
nasal inflammation, congestion
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Rhinorrhea
Nasal discharge
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Sinusitis
inflammation of sinuses pain on cheeks, teeth, and gums
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deviated septum
ingrowth of lower nasal septum
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Nasal polyp
Non painful overgrowth of nasal mucosa
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Anosmia
Decrease or loss of smell occurs bilaterally with tobacco smoking, allergic rhinitis, cocaine use
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What does it mean with a nose is patent?
ability to move air (smelling!)
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Subjective date for eyes
Visions changes, floaters, photophobia, pain, redness, swelling, discharge, diplopia, strabismus, glaucoma, glasses/contacts, excessive lacrimation or other discharge
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Objective for eyes
General appearance, position and alignment, any subjective complaints that are observable would be objective
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Eye lids
No ptosis, entropia, extropia
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Sclera
White; grey-blue tinged normal variation; yellow? Jaundice?
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Iris
Round, regular shape
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Corneal light reflex
Point of light reflection should be the same in each eye, same quadrant
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numerator of vision test
distance person is from the chart
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denominator for vision test
Distance at which normal eye can read
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The larger the denominator, the
Poorer the vision
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Normal vision acuity
20/20
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Test optic nerve for visual acuity using
SLOAN letters (In the past, snellen)
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Oculomotor nerve controls
- Pupillary constriction and dilation
| - controls extra-ocular movements
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What nerves are tested together because they all control different muscles of the eye for movement
Oculomotor (III)
Trochlear (IV)
Abducens (VI)
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Why do we test the oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens together?
they all control different muscles that provide eye movement
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P.E.R.R.L.A
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Pupils are
Equal
Round
Reactive to
Light
Accommodation
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Pupillary light reflex is
Normal constriction of the pupils when bright light shines on the retina
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Normal responses of pupillary light reflex
When one eye is exposed to bright light, a direct light reflex occurs
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A direct light reflex
Constriction of the pupil when light is directly on an eye
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Consensual light reflex
simultaneous constriction of the other pupil
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test for accommodation (reflex) by asking
Person to focus on a small distant object and far objects
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distance during accommodation test should
dilate
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Close objects during accommodation =
Constrict
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A normal response during the accommodation test includes
Pupillary constriction
| Convergence of the axes of the eyes
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During and extra ocular eye movement lead the eyes through
6 cardinal positions of gaze will elicit muscle weakness during movement
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a normal response in EOMs test is
Smooth tracking
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Nystagmus (abnormal EOMs findings)
Jerky or oscillating movement
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Another abnormality found in EOMs
Inability to move in a particular direction
| Nystagmus
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Extraocular movements from which cranial nerves
Oculomotor (III)
Trochlear (IV)
Abducens (VI)
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Abnormal findings of (III) cranial nerve
- Diminished to absent pupillary constriction, lack of consensual light reflex, lack of accommodation
- Increased intracranial pressure or trauma to the midbrain may exert pressure on CN III
- pupil size can be changed by drug effects (heroin, cocaine)
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Each abducens nerve is a motor nerve that
Extends to the lateral rectus muscles of the eyes
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The lateral rectus muscle
Abducts the eyes
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Abnormal findings of CN III, IV, VI
- eye movement not parallel
- Failure to follow in a certain direction indicates weakness of an extra ocular muscle or dysfunction of cranial nerve
- Report ptosis or the eye, note any nystagmus
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ptosis
Eyelid droop
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expected finding of cover-uncover test
No movement
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if uncovered eye during cover-uncover test moves to focus, ___ is present
Strabismus is present
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Strabismus or crossed eye
Both eyes do not look at the same place at the same time
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Strabismus is caused by
Poor eye muscle control and evident by age 3
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Early diagnosis or strabismus is essential in preventing vision loss that occurs as a result
Amblyopia
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Amblyopia
Occurs when vision does not develop normally because eyes are not aligned
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Treatment of strabismus
Eyeglasses, patching or eye muscle surgery
| ----EYEPATCH ON STRONG EYE
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exophthalmos
Protruding eyes (Associated with hyperthyroidism)
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Myopia
nearsightedness
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Hyperopia
farsightedness
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Astigmatism
Refraction of light causes blurred or double vision
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Conjuctivitis (pink eye)
Inflammation od conjunctiva, usually bacteria
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Hordeolum (Stye)
Localized staphylococcal infection of hair follicles
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Subconjunctival hemorrhage
Caused by increased intraoccqular pressure, coughing, vomiting, weight, lifting, labor, straining at stool, trauma
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CN V
Trigeminal nerve
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Trigeminal nerves split
into 3 branches
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sensory neurons in all 3 branches of CN V
Sensation from the skin and mucosa of the head & from the teeth
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Motor fibers on CN V run
to the muscles of mastication
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How to test CN V motor function
Have client clench teeth, then palpate temporal & master muscles for mass & Strength
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How to test CN V sensation of light touch
Have client close eyes then wipe a cotton ball slightly over the three areas then repeat bilaterally
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When to do corneal reflex for CN V
Only do it if individual does not respond to CN V sensation of light touch
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Corneal reflex tests
Sensory afferent in cranial nerve V & motor efferent in cranial nerve VII
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If individual has contacts, should they keep them in during corneal reflex test?
No, remove any contact lenses
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Corneal reflex test
person looking forward, bring wisp of cotton in from the side (to minimize defensive blinking) & lightly touch the cornea (not the conjunctiva)
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How to know if corneal reflex may be abnormal
Absence in blink is abnormal, but the corneal reflex may be decreased or absent in those who have worn contact lenses !!
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Abnormal findings in CN V
- Inequality in muscle contractions, pain, twitching, or asymmetry is abnormal
- Decreased or unequal sensation is abnormal
- ----- Record extent of the involved areas
- ----- Trigeminal neuralgia
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Trigeminal neuralgia
characterized by stab-like pain radiating along the trigeminal nerve
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What is trigeminal neuralgia cause by
Cause by the degeneration of or pressure on the nerve
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CN VII motor fibers of facial nerve extend
by way of several branches to the superficial muscles of the face and scalp, controls facial expression
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CN VII facial nerve sensory fibers detect
Salt and sweet taste
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CN VII facial nerve inspects
face at rest and during conversation
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When testing CN VII facial nerve, have the client
raise both eyebrows, smile, frown, close the eyes tightly, show the teeth, puff both cheeks
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Abnormal findings of CN VII facial nerve
Asymmetry, facial weakness, dropping of one side of the face or mouth, or inability to maintain position until instructed to relax
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Signs of damage to CN VII facial nerve
- Eye does not close
- Eyeball rolls up
- flat nasolabial fold
- forehead not wrinkled
- eyebrow not raised
- paralysis of lower face
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Subjective data for ears
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Earaches
Infections
Discharge
Hearing Loss
Tinnitus (ringing)
Vertigo
Self care behavior
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Objective data for ears
Inspection
| Test cranial nerves
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CN VIII: Vestibulocochlear nerve has two distinct divisions:
- Vestibular nerve
| - Cochlear nerve
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vestibular nerve & Cochlear nerve are both
Sensory nerves!
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Vestibular nerve transmits impulses that
result in sensations of equilibrium
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Conductions by the cochlear nerve results in
Sensations of hearing
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Evaluate CN VIII hearing test
Test hearing acuity by the ability to hear normal conversations;
Notice how they hear during the history-taking phase of the assessment
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CN VIII: Assessment of sensorineural or conductive hearing loss
- Whispered voice test
- Weber & Rinne tuning fork tests
- Audiometer testing
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Presbycusis
Age-related hearing loss
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Sensorineural
Impaired cranial nerve transmission or inner ear dysfunction
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Conductive
Impaired sound transmission to inner ear
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Mixed hearing loss
combination of sensorineural and conductive
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Conductive hearing loss
Sounds cannot get through the outer and middle ear, may be hard to hear soft sounds.
Louder sounds may be muffled
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Hearing loss conductive fix
Medicine or surgery can often fix this type of hearing loss!
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Can conductive hearing loss be corrected?
Yes! It can be corrected
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causes of conductive hearing loss
Fluid in middle ear from colds or allergies
Ear infection
Poor Eustachian tube function
A hole in your eardrum
Benign tumors
earwax/cerumen in your ear canal
an object stuck in your outer ear. a child puts a pebble/toy in ear
Problem with how the outer or middle ear is formed before birth or traumatized after birth
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Sensorineural hearing loss happens
- After inner ear damage
| - Problems with the nerve pathways from your inner ear to your brain can also cause SNHL
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Most common type of permanent hearing loss
Sensorineural Hearing loss
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Can medicine or surgery fix SNHL?
No! SNHL cannot be fixed, but hearing aids can help you hear
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Causes of sensorineural
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Illnesses
Drugs that are toxic to hearing
Genetic hearing disorders
Aging
A blow to the head
A problem in the way the inner ear is formed
Listening to loud noises or explosions
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How to test cranial nerve VIII: Vestibulocochlear nerve
Whisper test!
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How to do whisper test
Have patient cover one ear and stand on the other side and whisper 3 words
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Abnormal findings in whisper test
unable to hear some/all of whispered word
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Normal findings of whisper test
repeat each word correctly
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Whisper is a
High frequency sound & is sued to detect high frequency hearing loss, common in geriatric patients
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What is the weber test
It is used to test CN VIII when hearing is better with one ear than other
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What is the weber test
place a vibrating tuning fork in the midline of the person's skull and ask whether the tone sounds the same in both ears or better in one ear
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Abnormal findings of weber test
Lateralization of sound to the "bad side"/affected side
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What is another way to demonstrate the weber test
Plug one ear and humm, the sound will be louder on the bad ear
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Rombergs test: test for equlibrium and balance
Have person stand feet together, close eyes and hold position
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abnormal romberg test
sways, falls, widens base to avoid falling
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A positive rombergs sign is
loss of balance that occur when closing the eye, may occur with cerebellar ataxia, loss of proprioception, and loss of vestibular function
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Subjective data for mouth and pharynx
Sore/lesions, bleeding gums, tooth aches, dysphasia, altered taste, smoking, alcohol consumption, self-care behaviors
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Objective data for mouth and pharynx
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Lips: Moisture and color
Buccal mucosa
gums/teeth
tongue
floor of mouth/roof/palate
pharynx/tonsils/uvula
breath odor
hoarseness
symmetry of head position
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When doing neck assessment, inspect for
Deviations of muscles, swelling, bumps, trachea position, swallow, pulsations, jugular distention
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When doing a neck assessment, palpate
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Nodes
trachea position
swallow
carotids: ONE SIDE AT A TIME
swallow if needed
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When assessing the neck, auscultate
Carotids
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What cranial nerve supplies the fibers in the tongue and pharynx
Cranial nerve IX: Glosspharyngeal nerve
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How to test CN IX & X
Have patient open mouth and say "ahhhh"
- - note uvula staying in midline
- - soft palate rises in the midline
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Abnormal findings of CN IX & X
absence or asymmetry of soft palate movement
Uvula deviates to side
Asymmetry of posterior pharynx
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Cranial nerve X: Vagus nerve
Mixed cranial nerve with many widely distributed branches
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What CN supplies sensory fibers to the pharynx, larynx, and trachea as well as internal organs
CN X: VAGUS NERVE
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Most motor fibers of the vagus nerve are
Autonomic (parasympathetic) Fibers
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CN X assess
Swallowing, speech, and other sounds, and gag reflex
| ----- We do not attempt to elicit the gag reflex unless warranted
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Cranial nerve XI : (spinal) accessory nerve is a
Accessory nerve that is a motor nerve; can be considered as an accessory to the vagus nerve
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CN XI extends to
the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles
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Assessing CN XI
- assess trapezius and sternocleidomastoid
- rotate head against resistance
- shug shoulders against resistance
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Abnormal findings of CN XI
Muscle atrophy, weakness or paralysis
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Assessing Cranial nerve XII: Hypoglossal nerve
Move tongue up and down, side to side, and inspect the top of tongue and under the tongue
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Abnormal findings of CN XII
- Asymmetric movement or weakness of the tongue may indicate impairment
- Tumors of the tongue may develop from alcohol, tobacco, or chronic irritation
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Good verbal articulation depends on
CN V, VII, X, XII
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Poor articulation
Dysarthria
