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Assessments are derived from what 2 ways?
:-- Subjective and Objective data
What is Subjective data?
:-- What patient says about themselves during health history. (symptoms) (something
you can't see or feel)
What is Objective data?
:-- Data you will acquire during assessment. (what you can see, feel)
List the order skills are performed during a Physical Assessment.
:-- 1- inspection
2- palpation
3- percussion
4- auscultation
Palpation applies sense of touch to assess what?
:-- texture, temperature, moisture, organ location and size, swelling/pulsation, presence
of lumps/ massess, tenderness/pain
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When palpating what should you start with?
:-- light palpation then deeper if needed
What is better than long continous palpation?
:-- Intermittent Pressure
What is Percussion?
:-- tapping the person's skin with short, sharp strokes to assess underlying structures
What is Auscultation?
:-- Listening to sounds produced by body
What are the two parts of a stethoscope and their function?
:-- Diaphragm- round circle section used to hear a wider area of patient's body
Bell- smaller circle on back of diaphragm used to detect low-frequency sound diaphragm
What should you ensure during auscultation?
:-- Patient is warm and comfortable and you NEVER listen over a patients clothes
What are the collecting 4 types of data?
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:-- 1- complete total health database
2- focused or problem-centered database
3- follow-up data base
4- emergency data base
Define complete total health database
:-- Complete health history/ full physical examination. Describes current and past health
state of pt
Define focused/ problem-centered database
:-- Concerns mainly one problem or one body system.
Define follow-up database
:-- Evaluation of already identified problem at regular intervals
Define emergency database
:-- Data that is lifesaving, compiled accurately at a rapid pace
Define General Survey and what it assesses
:-- A study of the wole person that covers general health state and any obvious physical
characteristics.
It assesses
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