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Medical Terms + AssessmentsAlopecia-✔✔ Hair loss
Cyanosis-✔✔ Blueness or purpleness of skin
Erythema-✔✔ Redness or pinkness of skin
Jaundice-✔✔ Yellow skin coloring
Lesion-✔✔ Broad term referring to a region of the skin that has damage from injury or
disease
ex. acne, birthmarks, wounds, sunburn, insect bites
Pallor-✔✔ Paleness of skin
Pruritus-✔✔ Itching
Edema-✔✔ Swelling
Turgor-✔✔ The skin's elasticity.
It is the ability of skin to change shape and return to normal
Exudate-✔✔ Discharge
Macules-✔✔ Freckles
Lanugo-✔✔ Fine body hair
Vernix caseosa-✔✔ white, creamy, naturally occurring biofilm covering the skin of the
fetus during the last trimester of pregnancy
Velus hair-✔✔ fine, present all over body
Terminal hair-✔✔ Thicker hair on head, axilla, genital, and facial regions
PERRLA (acronym)-✔✔ -Pupils equal + Round
-React to Light and Accomodation (direct constriction in one eye) (open pupil when
looking away from light, close when looking close)
, How should you check skin temperature?-✔✔ With the back of your hand
Capillary refill-✔✔ assessing the blood flow through peripheral tissues
Respiratory retractions-✔✔ When the area between the ribs and in the neck sinks in
when a person with asthma attempts to inhale.
Retractions are a sign someone is working hard to breathe.
Adventitious-✔✔ Coming from an external source or occurring in an unusual place or
manner (abnormal)
Palpate-✔✔ Examine by touch
Auscultate-✔✔ Examine by listening
(ex. using a stethoscope to listen to the heart, lungs, and bowels)
Venous pattern-✔✔ The pattern of blood vessels (arteries and veins), usually referring
to the blue vessels located directly under the skin
Integrity-✔✔ The quality / health of the skin
Objective data-✔✔ Measurable data collected by the nurse
ex. vital signs
Subjective data-✔✔ From the client, based on their experiences and perceptions.
Includes feelings, sensations, or expectations.
ex. pain
OPQRSTU-✔✔ O- Onset
P- Provocative, Palliative
Q- Quality
R- Region
S- Severity
T- Timing
U- (Pt’s) Understanding
What are the 4 aspects of general survey?-✔✔ Physcial appearance
Body structure
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