Fundamentals Nursing PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers.
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Fundamentals Nursing PHYSICAL
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Health assessment - answercomprehensive assessment of the physical, mental, spiritual,
socioeconomic, and cultural status of a individual, group, or communtiy
nursing assessments focus on.... - answerthe clients...
Fundamentals Nursing PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers. Health assessment - answer✔✔comprehensive assessment of the physical, mental, spiritual, socioeconomic, and cultural status of a individual, group, or communtiy nursing assessments focus on.... - answer✔✔the clients functional abilities and physical respon ses to illness and other stressors what are the purposes of a physical assessment? - answer✔✔to obtain base line data, to identify collaborative problems, to figure out nursing diagnosis and wellness diagnosis, to monitor the status of identified problem, and to screen for health problems where would you do a comphrehensive assessment? - answer✔✔annual physical, outpatient appointment, inpatient setting, admission onto unit. what is a focused physical assessment? - answer✔✔pertains to a particular topic, bo dy part, or functional ability rather than an overall health status. gets added to database of the comprhensive assessment. what is a specific system assessment? - answer✔✔limited to one body system examples of focused and specific system assessments are? - answer✔✔-assessing for bowel sounds -listening to breath sounds, counting respiration, obtaining pulse ox to assess respiratory status what is an ongoing assessment? - answer✔✔performed as needed, after the initial database is completed, and idealing af ter EVERY interaction with a patient what is an head to toe approach? - answer✔✔starts at the head and neck and progresses down the body what is a body systems approach? - answer✔✔examines each system in a predetermined order (musculoskeletal, cardiovascul ar, neurological) before approaching a patient ___________ yourself with the situation - answer✔✔familiarize when to avoid doing an assessment? - answer✔✔when the client is... -hungry -tired -anxious -unwilling to cooperate with assessment inspection is... . - answer✔✔use of sight to gather data palpation is.... - answer✔✔the use of touch to gather data used to assess temperature, skin texture, moisture, anatomical landmarks (edema, masses, areas of tenderness) percussion is... - answer✔✔tapping your fingers on the skin using short strokes useful when assess lung sounds and abdominal issues supine means... - answer✔✔lying flat on the back with arms and legs fully extended dorsal recumbent means... - answer✔✔supine with knees flexed lithotomy means.... - answe r✔✔dorsal recumbent position at the end of the table with feet in stirrups, legs flexed, and widely open sims position means.... - answer✔✔flexion of the hip and knees in a side lying position prone means... - answer✔✔lying on the stomach (a small pillow under abdomen makes this more comfortable) lateral recumbent means.... - answer✔✔lying on the side in a straight line knee chest means... - answer✔✔on hands and knees with head down and butt ele vated ausculation means... - answer✔✔the use of hearing to gather data direct auscultation means... - answer✔✔listening without using an instrument example: hearing wheezing without the use of a stethoscope indirect auscultation means... - answer✔✔listenin g with the help of an instrument example: listening to lung sounds olfaction means... - answer✔✔the use of the sense of smell to gather data if a clients breath has a fruity or acetone smell, what does that mean? - answer✔✔ketoacidosis! which may accompany diabetes! assess the urine for ketones.
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