Assessments
The first heart sound heard is a result of
Closing of the tricuspid and mitral valve
Epigastric pain that is sometimes worse right after eating or with laying down.
GERD
Ascites
Eye emergency
Sudden loss of visionin one or both eyes
Modifiable Risk factors of Colon Cancer
ETOH
Smoking
Obesity
Expected findings of the skin assessment
Normal for ethnicity, warm , dry , intact with good turgor
Unilateral joint pain often in the older adult
Osteoarthritis
Jaundice
Yellowish Color of the skin, sclera
Meningitis
Headache, fever, Nuchal Rigidity
FAST
Face
Arms
Speech
Time
Memory tool for s/s of CVA
Finding for the upper and lower inspections upon assessment
Symmetry, and alignment
Autoimmune disease characterized by bilateral joint inflammation and swelling
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Diaphoresis
Excessive sweating at rest
Bilateral joint tenderness, swelling and warmth
The story the patient tells you of why they came to seek medical attention
HPI
Steady Gait
Malfunction that results from autodigestion of the organ
Pancreatitis
Edema
fluid in the interstitial space
Parkinsons Disease
Summarize
A way to repeat back what the provider has heard from the patient.
Auscultated when there is fluid or consolidation in the lungs
Crackles
A peripheral vascular disease that has no symtoms
Hypertension
Intermittent claudication
Painful leg cramps while walking relived by rest(PVD)
Dark urine Tan stool
Cholelithiasis
Symptom of hypotension
syncope