Health Assessment (Miscellaneous)
The American Cancer Society recommends that women with average breast cancer risk at age 45 start having this procedure.
What is a mammogram?
Swishing or blowing sound heard when auscultating the heart that is caused by increased blood flow or a stenotic valve.
What is a Murmur?
Name of drug sold in stores, begins with a capital letter, and has a registration mark in the upper right of the name.
What is Brand Name.
Drug is injected under the skin, into the dermis.
What is Intradermal?
Marked in 100 units per milliliter, usually come in 1 ml size, and have very small gauges (26-30 gauge).
What is an Insulin Syringe?
These three type of breath sounds include bronchial, bronchovesicular, and vesicular.
What are normal breath sounds?
A vibration or pulsation palpated in any area except the PMI.
What is a thrill?
Only prescribers with a national provider identification number can prescribe, must be double locked, and the facility must keep a record of administration.
What is a Controlled Substance?
The drug is injected into the muscle.
What is Intramuscular?
Located in the anterolateral thigh and it the preferred site for injections in infants and young children.
What is the Vastus Lateralis Site?
Partial upper airway obstruction or tracheal or laryngeal spasm.
What is Stridor?
Positioned at an angle on the left side of the chest around the 5th intercostal space.
what is the heart?
Refers to the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of a drug.
What is Pharmakinetics?
Maximum volume is 0.5-1 ml, needle gauge is 25-27, and angle of injection is 45-90 degrees.
What is a subcutaneous injection?
Inspection, palpation, Percussion, and Auscultation.
What are Physical Assessment Techniques?
Visible JVD when your patient is sitting at a 45 degree angle.
What is right-sided heart failure?
Usually occurs every 5 to 15 seconds or 5 to 30 times per minute in the abdomen.
What are bowel sounds?
Effect of a drug that occurs at the site of application.
what is Local effect?
The inside diameter of the needle lumen.
What is the gauge?
Automatic responses that do not require conscious thought from the brain.
What are Deep Tendon Reflexes (DTRs)?
Lateral curvature of the spine.
What is Scoliosis?
Is abnormal and may indicate an aneurysm or altered blood flow in the abdominal area.
What is a Bruit?
The primary site of medication excretion.
What are the kidneys?
The slanted tip with narrow slit.
What is the Bevel?
Sensory nerve with the function of smell.
What is Cranial Nerve 1 Olfactory?