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NUR 2092 Health Assessment Exam 5

1. Ch. 8


Assessment Techniques and Safety in the Clinical Setting

2. Health history provides


Subjective data for health assessment

Objective data (the signs perceived by examiner through physical examination)

3. Skills performed one at a time, in this order


Inspection Palpation

Percussion Auscultation

4. Inspection

Close, careful scrutiny, first of individual as a whole and then of each body system

Begins when you first meet person with a general survey
As you proceed through examination, start assessment of each body system with inspection

Inspection always comes first Inspection requires
Good lighting Adequate exposure
Occasional use of instruments, including otoscope, ophthalmoscope, penlight, or nasal and
vaginal specula, to enlarge your view

5. Palpation


Palpation applies sense of touch to assess the following

,Texture

Temperature Moisture
Organ location and size Swelling, vibration, or pulsation Rigidity or spasticity Crepitation
Presence of lumps or masses Presence of tenderness or pain

6. Palpation Techniques


Different parts of hands are best suited for assessing different factors

Fingertips


best for fine tactile discrimination of skin texture, swelling, pulsation, determining presence of
lumps

Fingers and thumb


detection of position, shape, and consistency of an organ or



mass

Dorsa of hands and fingers


best for determining temperature because skin here is thinner than on palms

Base of fingers or ulnar surface of hand


best for vibration

7. Bimanual Palpation


requires use of both hands to envelop or capture certain body parts or organs, such as kidneys,
uterus, or adnexa, for more precise delimitation

, 8. Percussion


Tapping person's skin with short, sharp strokes to assess underlying structures

Percussion has following uses




Mapping location and size of organs
Signaling density of a structure by a characteristic note

Detecting a superficial abnormal mass Percussion vibrations penetrate about 5 cm deep

Deeper mass would give no change in percussion Eliciting pain if underlying structure is

inflamed Eliciting deep tendon reflex using percussion hammer

9. 2 Methods of Percussion can be done


Direct, sometimes called immediate, the striking hand directly contacts body wall

Indirect, or mediate, using both hands, the striking hand contacts stationary hand fixed on
person's skin

10. Ausculation

Listening to sounds produced by body



Most body sounds are soft and must be channeled through a stethoscope Stethoscope does not

magnify sound, but it blocks out extraneous sounds
Of all the equipment you will use, the stethoscope quickly becomes a personal instrument

Once you can recognize normal sounds, you can distinguish the abnormal sounds and "extra"
sounds

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