Critical Minds
The type of question asked by a nurse to attain a full description of the client's symptoms.
What is an open-ended question
The grade of a pressure ulcer over a coccyx that is red and opened.
What is stage II?
The cause of warm, brownish pigmentation over the ankles.
What is venous insufficiency?
This where the spleen is located.
What is the LUQ?
The scale used to determine level of consciousness.
What is glasgow coma scale?
This type of assessment includes a health history and physical assessment.
What is comprehensive?
Description of a normal tympanic membrane.
What is pearly, gray, and shiny?
Clenching the jaw is demonstrating the motor function of this cranial nerve.
What is trigeminal, cranial nerve V?
The Murphy's sign assesses for this condition.
What is cholecystitis?
The control of balance is located in this part of the brain.
What is cerebellum?
The definition of the term "culture".
What is shared norms for behaviors, values, and beliefs?
The lobes in the right lung.
What are upper, middle, and lower?
The normal finding in the Weber test.
What is hearing the tone equally in both ears?
The nurse does this if no bowel sounds are heard for at least 2 minutes.
What is listen for 3 more minutes?
The musculoskeletal system is closely related to this body system.
What is the neurological system?
The step in the nursing process where data collection occurs.
What is assessment?
The valve closures that can be heard at the base of the lungs.
What are aortic and pulmonic?
The Allens test is used to determine this function.
What is arterial function?
This abnormality can be considered if dullness is percussed in the abdomen.
What is a solid tumor?
The term to describe a drooping eyelid.
What is ptosis?
The most important skill to develop in critical thinking.
What is maintaining an open mind?
The location of the maximal impulse of the heart.
What is the left midclavicular line in the 5th intercostal space?
Description of a 2+ pulse.
What is a normal pulse?
The order of assessing the abdomen.
What is inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation?
The cranial nerve that controls the sense of smell.
What is olfactory, cranial nerve I