ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
A PATIENT SAYS THEY HAVE PAIN, WHAT DOES THE NURSE ASK NEXT?
What is SHOW ME WHERE?
I have to perform this before I can start implementing the interventions.
What is an Assessment?
You need long arms to read.
What is Presbyopia?
Use the bell, but only 1 side at a time.
What is assessing the Carotid Arteries?
Smoking, Alcohol, Obesity
What are Modifiable Risk Factors?
IF A PATIENT SAYS THEY HAVE HAD RECURRENT RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS WHAT ACTION WILL THE NURSE TAKE?
What is PERFORM A COMPREHENSIVE RESPIRATORY ASSESSMENT using Diaphragm of stethoscope for 1 full breath sound.
High-pitched whistling sound.
What is Wheezing?
Please put the batteries in for my safety, I can't hear you.
What are Hearing Aids?
Tilt forward and hold pressure for 10 Minutes.
What is the treatment for Epistaxis/ nose bleed?
Age, Gender, Genetics
What are Non-Modifiable Risk Factors?
WHAT TYPE OF ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS RESULT IN MORE DETAILED RESPONSES FROM PATIENTS?
What is OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS?
As opposed to a yes/no-closed ended question.
Heard over Peripheral Fields
What is Vesicular?
Not only for reading or driving.
What are glasses?
Poor skin turgor, flat neck veins, low B/P, tongue fissures, elevated temperature, increased heart rate, weak & thready pulse.
What are signs/symptoms of dehydration?
Bad ABCDEF, Tanning, UV rays
What are risk factors for Melanoma/Skin Cancer?
Asymmetry, Border, Color, Diameter, Elevation, Funny Looking
HOW SHOULD ASKING APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS IMPACT THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL EXAM?
What is GUIDE HOW THOROUGH TO ASSESS SPECIFIC SYSTEMS
Heard over Trachea and Larynx
What is Bronchial?
I can't hear the 3 words in that ear when you are 2 feet behind me.
What is the Whisper Test?
Were your goals met or un-met?
What is an evaluation?
The E in ADPIE.
Smoking, Asbestos, Breathing in Chemicals.
What are risk factors for Lung Cancer?
BLOOD BEING FORCED BACKWARDS IN THE HEART due to Valve malfunction.
What is a HEART MURMUR.
Heard over major bronchi with fewer alveoli.
What is Broncho-Vesicular?
I have more than partial skin loss
What are stage 3 Decubiti/subcutaneous?
Suddenly the patient is disoriented.
What is Delirium?
Alcohol, Tobacco use, Drug abuse and Poor Nutrition during Pregnancy.
What are risk factors for a Low birth weight baby?