Assessment Basics
This assessment is performed when first meeting a patient and establishes an overall baseline.
Answer: What is a comprehensive assessment?
100: These should be checked for size, equality, and reaction to light.
Answer: What are the pupils?
A normal adult oxygen saturation is commonly approximately this percentage or higher in a healthy patient at sea level.
What is about 95%?
100: The provider orders 500 mg. You have 250 mg tablets. Give this many tablets.
What is 2 tablets?
1 kilogram equals approximately this many pounds.
What is 2.2 lb?
Information reported directly by the patient, such as “My chest hurts.”
What is subjective data?
When listening to lung sounds, the nurse should compare this side with this side.
What are left and right / bilateral sides?
This vital sign is expressed as systolic over diastolic.
Answer: What is blood pressure?
The order is 400 mg. The medication concentration is 200 mg/mL. Give this volume.
What is 2 mL?
A patient weighs 220 lb. Their approximate weight in kilograms is this.
What is 100 kg?
A blood pressure of 88/54 is this type of data.
What is objective data?
Normal capillary refill in an adult is generally this many seconds or less.
What is 2 seconds?
A respiratory rate of 8 breaths/minute would be described as this.
What is bradypnea?
The patient needs 750 mg. Available concentration is 250 mg/5 mL. Give this amount.
What is 15 mL?
1 gram equals this many milligrams.
What is 1,000 mg?
The four basic physical-assessment techniques are inspection, palpation, percussion, and this.
What is auscultation?
This pulse is commonly palpated at the wrist.
What is the radial pulse?
A heart rate greater than 100 beats/minute in an adult is called this.
What is tachycardia?
The order is 1.5 g and the available medication is 500 mg/tablet. Give this many tablets.
What are 3 tablets?
0.5 grams equals this many milligrams.
What is 500 mg?
When assessing most body systems, this technique normally comes first.
What is inspection?
When auscultating the abdomen, you listen before doing these two assessment techniques.
What are percussion and palpation?
A patient suddenly has a BP of 78/40, HR 132, and looks pale and diaphoretic. Your first priority is to do this.
What is immediately assess the patient / recognize instability and intervene?
Accepted also: ABC assessment, call for help while assessing, rapid reassessment.
Daily Double : Morphine is available as 10 mg/mL. The order is for 4 mg IV. Give this volume.
What is 0.4 mL?
A patient weighs 154 lb. Their weight in kilograms is this.
What is 70 kg?