MODULE 7
Inspection, Auscultation, Percussion and Palpation
What are some abnormal findings on the abdomen
Protuberant and lesions
How can we easily assess a child's eardrum?
Pulling it back and down.
Straightening of the joint is called?
Extension
When assessing a patient’s range of motion, you ask them to move their arm away from their body. What is this movement called
This movement is called abduction
Capillary refill should ideally occur in this amount of time.
Less than 3 seconds
When assessing bowel sounds, you should listen in each quadrant for this amount of time.
4 - 5 Minutes
How to assess the Trigeminal Nerve (5). Motor and sensory?
Sensory: Cotton Ball
Motor: TMJ Strength
The term for a patient's awareness of their own identity, location, and time.
Orientation (A&O x3)
Eyes converge to object as it gets closer is called what?
Accommodation
What does the Mnemonic ABCDE means?
Asymmetry, Border (clear), Color, Diameter, Evolution
What is the position a female patient should be in when nurse is assessing the genitalia area
Lithotomy position
The term used to describe pupil reaction when both eyes constrict together.
Consensual response
A test that requires the patient to identify an object by touch alone, such as a key or coin.
Stereognosis
What is the cone of light location in the Right and Left Ear?
Right Ear - 5 o'clock
Left Ear - 7 o'clock
This pulse is located behind the knee and may be difficult to palpate.
Popliteal pulse
What happens during Tricep reflex reaction?
Arm should swing-out
A tuning fork test placed on the center of the head to detect unilateral hearing loss.
Weber test
The cranial nerve tested by having the patient stick out their tongue and checking for midline symmetry.
Hypoglossal nerve (Cranial Nerve XII)
According to the video we watched, Where is the toddler during an assessment
on guardians lap
The location to palpate the brachial pulse on an adult is called?
The Cubital Fossa
This sound is heard over abdominal arteries when there’s turbulent blood flow.
Bruit
What are these Cranial Nerves and How to test the them?
#2 -
#9 -
#11 -
#12 -
Optic : Snellen Test, blind spots
Glossopharyngeal: Say ah, gag reflex
Spinal Accessory (Shoulder Shrug)
Hypoglossal: Stick out Tongue
When auscultating for bowel sounds, which quadrant should you start at?
right lower quadrant because that is where the ileocecal valve is.
- After, Go Clockwise RUQ, LUQ, LLQ
When checking skin turgor on an elderly patient, you notice a delayed return to baseline. What might this finding indicate?
Delayed skin turgor may indicate dehydration