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Heart
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Abdominal
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100
This is how the nurse determines the A/R ratio
What is listening to the apical while palpating the radial pulse?
100
This is another word for abnormal breath sounds
What are adventitious breath sounds?
100
this is the order to auscultate the abdomen
What is clockwise?
100
Pupils equally round and react to light and accomidation
What is PERRLA?
100
This is the primary order of the health assessment
What is inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation
200
This is a reduction of inadequate circulating blood or hemoglobin and subsequent reduction in tissue oxygenation.
What is cyanosis.
200
This is how to assess for chest excursion
What is placing the hands on the back?
200
This always proceeds deep palaption
What is light palpation?
200
This refers to the loudness or softness of a sound.
What is Intensity?
200
This is the first data set obtained in the health assessment
What are vital signs?
300
This is a blowing or swishing sound
What is a bruit?
300
this is the hollow sound produced by lungs filled with air
What is Resonance?
300
This is the order for the abdominal assessment.
What is inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion.
300
This techniques assesses swallowing ability
What is ask the client to extend the neck and swallow?
300
This term describes excess interstitial fluid
What is edema.
400
This area is also the PMI.
What is apical pulse/mitral area.
400
This condition is due to long term hypoxemia, where the angle between the nail and the nail bed is 190 degrees or greater
What is clubbing?
400
When inspecting the abdomen this is what you are looking for:
What is contour and symmetry?
400
This technique assess visual acuity.
What is asking the client to read newsprint/snellen chart.
400
Using this assesses level of consciousness
What is orientation to person, place, and time?
500
These are the five point auscultated for heart valves
What are aortic, pulmonic, erb's, tricuscid, and mitral
500
This adventitious breath sound is a superficial grating or creaking sound heard during inspiration and expiration?
What is friction rub.
500
This is the length of time the nurse would listen to in each abdominal quadrant if they did not hear bowel sounds.
What is 5 minutes?
500
This is the term for nearsightedness
What is myopia?
500
This is assessment by using the sense of sight.
What is inspection.