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Physical Assessment Final Exam – Q’s And A’s
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Physical Assessment Final Exam – Q’s And A’sAdmission, Shift, Focused ✔️Ans - 3 types of assessment
Chief Complaint ✔️Ans - CC
History of Present Illness ✔️Ans - HPI
Past Medical History ✔️Ans - PMH
PMH ✔️Ans - Health History which includes immunization, meds,
allergies, illnesses, surgeries, injuries
Family History ✔️Ans - history of diseases that run in family, genetic
15 pack year ✔️Ans - 1.5 pack/day, 1 year (10)
Review of Systems ✔️Ans - ROS
Level of Consciousness ✔️Ans - LOC
Pupils Equal Round Reactive to Light and accommodation ✔️Ans -
PERRLA
Reactive to Light ✔️Ans - assess if pupils are this by using direct and
consensual light; see if pupils are constricting
Reactive to Accommodation ✔️Ans - assess if pupils constrict and
converge (reactive to...)
Ears, Nose, Throat ✔️Ans - ENT
inflamed gums ✔️Ans - in adults, heart disease (MI) risk increases if this
is present in their mouth
bell ✔️Ans - part of stethoscope used for heartbeat
Bell ✔️Ans - part of stethoscope used for low-pitch sounds
, Diaphragm ✔️Ans - part of stethoscope used for respirations
Diaphragm ✔️Ans - part of stethoscope used for high-pitch sounds
3 ✔️Ans - amount of lungs on right side of body
2 ✔️Ans - amount of lungs on left side of body
left 5th ICS Mid-Clavicular line ✔️Ans - where apical pulse is assessed
rate, rhythm, murmurs ✔️Ans - three things listening for when assessing
apical pulse
RUQ ✔️Ans - abdominal quadrant where liver is
LUQ ✔️Ans - abdominal quadrant where stomach is
RLQ ✔️Ans - abdominal quadrant where small intestine is
RLQ ✔️Ans - abdominal quadrant where appendicitis pain occurs
LLQ ✔️Ans - abdominal quadrant where large intestine is
UTI ✔️Ans - cloudy urine indicates this
dehydration ✔️Ans - check for this when checking skin turgor on forearm
Clean dry intact ✔️Ans - CDI
sequential compression device ✔️Ans - SCD
unilateral edema ✔️Ans - #1 clinical sign of a deep vein thrombosis
odor redness edema ecchymosis drainage approximation ✔️Ans -
OREEDA
co-morbidities ✔️Ans - other problems pt has, but not the major one
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