Evidence-Based Practice
Vital Signs
Skin
Eyes
Ears
100

First level Priority

What is Airway, Breathing, and Circulation? 

100

Normal Respiratory Rate

What is 16-20 breaths per minute? 

100

Redness of the skin

What is erythema? 

100

The sclera of the eye

What is the whites of the eyes? 

100

Patient states “the room is spinning.” 

What is objective vertigo?

200
For limited or short-term problems, smaller scope and more focused than complete database

What is episodic or problem-centered database? 

200

Pain Assessment Acronym 

What is OPQRSTU? (Onset, Palliation/Provocation, Quality, Radiation, Severity, Time, Understanding)

200

Annular lesions growing together

What is polycyclic lesions? 

200

Three Cranial Nerves

What is 3, 4, and 6?

200

Conducts sound, Protects inner ear, Equalization of air pressure

What is eustachian tube?

300

Includes complete health history and full physical examination

What is complete total health database?

300

Men don’t display their pain

What is gender influences on pain perception? 

300

Angle of Nail > 180 degrees

What is late clubbing? 

300

OU, OS, OD

What is both eyes, left eye, and right eye? 

300

Can’t be seen by the naked eye

What is the tympanic membrane?

400

Mind, body, and spirit are independent and function as a whole

What is the holistic model of health? 

400

Pediatric Severity

What is Wong-Baker faces pain scale? 

400

Starts as a skin-colored papule with a translucent top

What is a basal cell carcinoma? 

400

PERRLA Assessment 

What is Pupils are Equally Round and Reactive to Light Accommodation? 

400

Two pathways of Hearing

What is air conduction and bone conduction? 

500

The best electronic resource for incorporating evidence-based practice into health assessment

500

Diaphragm vs. Bell

What is auscultation of high pitched sounds versus low pitched sounds? 

500

If acute, it is usually a bacterial infection. If chronic, it is usually a fungal infection from a break in the cuticle

What is paronychia? 

500

Endocrine interaction with Eyes

What is Diabetic Retinopathy? 

500

Gradual nerve degeneration (age 65 or older) 

What is presbycusis?