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Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch. 1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) Questions and Answers
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Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch.1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) Questions and
Answers
What does the health history provide? - Correct Answer ✅
Subjective and objective data
What is subjective data? what is an example? - Correct
Answer ✅ SD is what the patient tells you
Example: headache, chest pain
What is objective data? what is an example? - Correct
Answer ✅ OD are the signs perceived by the examiner
through physical examination during assessment
Example: rash seen by a nurse, or temp taken with a
thermometer
In what order are skills performed during a typical
assessment? - Correct Answer ✅ 1. Inspection
2. Palpation
3. Percussion
4. Auscultation
,Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch.
1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) Questions and
Answers
If a patient has abdomen pain, what order do you do the
assessment? Why? - Correct Answer ✅ 1. Inspection
2. AUSCULTATION
3. Palpation
4. Percussion
Because of pain, don't touch or tap the tender area first. Start
by inspecting and then listening before you feel the area.
What occurs during inspection, the first step? - Correct
Answer ✅ -ALWAYS COMES FIRST
-begins when you first meet a person w/ a general survey
-you should start assessment of each body system with
inspection
-requires: good lighting, adequate exposure, use of
instruments including otoscope, opthalmoscope, penlight, or
specula
What occurs during palpation, the second step? - Correct
Answer ✅ Palpation applies sense of touch to assess
,Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch.
1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) Questions and
Answers
Can include:
temperature, texture, moisture, organ location and size,
swelling, vibration or pulsation, rigidity or spasticity,
crepitation, presence of lumps or masses, presence of
tenderness or pain
-use fingers unless taking temperature
How can you assess factors during the palpation step? -
Correct Answer ✅ by using different parts of the hands
During palpation, what should fingertips be used to feel? -
Correct Answer ✅ -best for fine tactile discrimination of
skin texture, swelling, pulsation, and determining presence of
lumps
During palpation, what should fingers and thumb be used for?
- Correct Answer ✅ -detection of position, shape, and
consistency of an organ or mass
, Health Assessment Exam #1 (Ch.
1,3,4,8,9,10,12,18,27,29) Questions and
Answers
During palpation, what should the dorsa of hands and fingers
be used for? - Correct Answer ✅ -best for determining
temperature because skin here is thinner than on palms
During palpation, what should the base of fingers or the ulnar
surface of hand be used for? - Correct Answer ✅ -best for
vibration
**-vibrations are felt on the ulnar side of hand
During palpation, what type of palpation should you start with
and why? What steps are next? - Correct Answer ✅ 1. start
with LIGHT palpation to detect surface characteristics and
accustom person to being touched
-1 cm
2. then deeper palpations when needed
-intermittent pressure better than one long continuous
palpation
-5 to 8 cm or 2-3 in
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