ADPIE
During this phase, the nurse decides if the interventions are working for the patient.
What is evaluation?
The type of question used to gather narrative information during the patient interview.
What are open-ended questions?
This is a test to screen for loss of peripheral vision.
What is the confrontation test?
A course, crackling sensation palpable over the skin surface of the chest.
What is crepitus?
A gentle blowing, blowing, swooshing sound that can be heard on the chest wall.
What is a murmur?
What is assessment?
This assessment includes the patient's physical appearance, body structure, mobility, and behavior.
What is the general survey?
The definition of the acronym PERRLA.
This is the degree of the costal angle that is considered normal.
What is 90 degrees?
What is S1?
During this phase, the nurse puts the cues together to determine what is going on with the patient.
What is diagnosis?
This type of database/assessment is conducted when a patient is evaluated at regular intervals for an ongoing health problem.
What is follow-up?
The test used to evaluate hearing acuity.
What is the whispered voice test?
Shortness of breath that awakens the patient at night.
What is paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea?
The location of the aortic valve.
What is the right second intercostal space, right sternal border?
During this phase, the nurse puts her plan into action when caring for the patient.
What is implementation?
Assessment of activity-exercise, sleep-rest, coping, and stress management.
What is a functional assessment?
This divides the nasal cavity into two slitlike air passages.
What is the septum?
Symptoms of this condition include unequal chest expansion, decreased or absent tactile fremitus, and decreased or absent breath sounds.
What is pneumothorax?
The location of the apex of the heart.
What is the fifth intercostal space, midclavicular line?
During this phase, the nurse determines the appropriate actions to take when caring for the patient.
What is planning?
The part of the health history that reviews the state of health in each body system.
What is the review of systems?
Symptoms of this condition include bright red throat, swollen tonsils, white or yellow exudate on tonsils and pharynx, and enlarged anterior cervical lymph nodes.
What is tonsillitis?
Symptoms of this condition include cough with rust-colored sputum, dyspnea, night sweats, and crackles to upper lobes.
This condition includes edema to the lower extremities, ascites, and jugular vein distention.
What is right-sided heart failure?