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What is problem-based/focused health assessment? - Returning patient with new problem - Focused on body systems impacted What is episodic/follow-up health assessment? - Follow-up for chronic condition - Ex: high BP, diabetes - Checkup What is shift health assessment? - Comprehensive at the beginn...

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Exam 1 NUR 229 Review Questions and
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What is problem-based/focused health assessment? ✅- Returning patient with new
problem
- Focused on body systems impacted

What is episodic/follow-up health assessment? ✅- Follow-up for chronic condition
- Ex: high BP, diabetes
- Checkup

What is shift health assessment? ✅- Comprehensive at the beginning of a shift
- Shift assessment - not as in-depth
- Focused on body parts with abnormal results

What is screening health assessment? ✅- Screening for specific disorders
- Short visit
- Ex: High BP, high cholesterol

What are the 4 basic assessment techniques? ✅1. Inspection
2. Palpation
3. Percussion
4. Auscultation

What is inspection? ✅- What you're seeing/observing in your patient
- Document how they look (ex: short of breath, not making eye contact)

What is palpation? ✅- Superficial (ex: stomach/abdomen or pain)
- Deep (major organs are palpated)

What is percussion? ✅- Direct: Strike something directly with hands/fingers;
uncommon
- Indirect: Utilize a tool to strike a patient; advanced practice (ex: obtaining reflexes)

What is auscultation? ✅- Listen with stethoscope to auscultate sounds underneath
skin
- Ex: heart, lung, and stomach sounds
- On the SKIN, not over clothing

The normal range for temperature is ✅96.4-99.1 degrees Fahrenheit, 35.8-37.3
degrees Celsius
- Different methods to obtain

, _____________ is elevated temperature or fever ✅Febrile

_________________ is a temperature within the normal range and no fever ✅Afebrile

The normal range for pulse in adults is ✅60-100 BPM

The normal respiratory rate range in adults is ✅12-20
- Assess rate, rhythm, depth

The normal range for blood pressure in adults is ✅Systolic: 90-140mmHg, Diastolic:
60-90mmHg

__________________ = systolic/diastolic are elevated ✅Hypertension

__________________ = systolic and/or diastolic are below normal range
✅Hypotension

What is considered the 5th vital sign? ✅Pain

How is pain rated? ✅- Scale of 1-10
- Faces - pediatrics, non-verbal, numable to gauge scale, don't speak English

Oxygen saturation in adults should be ✅97% or higher
- Obtained via a finger probe
- Typically no interventions unless below 90%
- Amount of oxygenated hemoglobin in the bloodstream - receiving enough O2 in
tissues

The first phase of an interview is _________________ where you introduce each other,
your role and purpose, and gain or establish trust ✅introduction

The second phase of an interview is ________________, the bulk of health history
✅discussion

The third phase of an interview is _________________ which summarizes the patient's
priority/needs and establishes next steps ✅summary

The single most important factor for successful interviewing is establishing
___________ to gain client's trust ✅rapport

An _________________ question encourages free flow and elicits responses of 1-2
words ✅open-ended

A ___________________ question yields more precise data ✅close-ended

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