HEENT/HFNLymph
This is an emergent finding that indicates a skull fracture
This type of ulcer appears as dark in color, weeping, irregular borders
venous
This is the cause of a bruit
stenosis, or narrowed artery. bruits can occur in any artery; murmurs occur in the heart
This is where you place your stethoscope to auscultate the apices of the lungs
supraclavicular
This is a classic sign of intussusception
currant-jelly stool
red, bulging, bones and cone of light obscured
This is one reason for delayed capillary refill
poor circulation or low blood volume, such as arterial disease, dehydration
Carotids are auscultated one at a time to avoid this
syncope
The first RN intervention to take after hearing crackles
ask the pt to cough, then reassess lung sounds
This change in the geriatric thorax can increase this (name one)
SOB, increased risk of infection
These lymph nodes are bilaterally enlarged, warm, tender, moveable
infected. malignant are enlarged, typically unilaterally, cool, non tender, non moveable. normal are rubbery, discrete, non tender
This is an emergent finding characterized as acute onset unilateral lower extremity bruising, swelling, pain
DVT. Risk factors include: sedentary, bedbound, cancer, smoking, varicose veins
Mitral stenosis. Mitral regurgitation is louder and radiates to the axilla
This pathologic sound is described as "two pieces of leather rubbing together"
pleural friction rub 2/2 pleuritis. Maybe with or without effusion
This is the change in the spine that occurs during pregnancy
lordosis
name one sign of dehydration
sunken fontanels in peds; dry mucosa in any population
This is one characteristic of lymphedema to distinguish it from a systemic cause
unilateral, s/p surgery or XRT, fibrosis, cellulitis, "heavy"
When evaluating chest pain, this system is the first one to rule out as the cause
ABC's. Cardiac- MI.
This is the reason you would hear hyperresonance on percussion
air- emphysema, pneumothorax
Osgood-Schlatter is characterized by a painful tubercle protruding from this leg bone
tibia
The test to perform after you find an asymmetric corneal reflex
cover/uncover
A pt c/o claudication describes which type of vascular disease
claudication is pain when walking, relieve with rest, indicative of peripheral arterial disease
This is the vein you are evaluating to determine if a patient is fluid overloaded
jugular vein
Emphysema and [blank] are the combination of diseases known as COPD
chronic bronchitis
This is a sign of respiratory distress in an infant (related to musculature, name one)
nasal flaring, substernal retractions, head bobbing