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What is the normal range for oral temperature?
What is 35.8° C to 37.3° C
PERRLA is an acronym used during a neurological assessment of the eyes. It stands for these five findings.
Pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accomodation
This 5 letter acronym is used when assessing lesions on the skin and what we tell patients to use about skin education.
What is the heart rate that is higher than the expected reference range?
What is tachycardia
A resting adult heart rate below 60 beats per minute is called this.
What is bradycardia?
Is nausea a subjective or objective finding?
What is objective finding?
What is the normal respiratory rate?
What is 12-20 breaths per minute
This vital sign is taken in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) and is a key indicator of a patient’s overall cardiovascular health.
What is blood pressure?
A mole that is asymmetrical, has irregular borders, multiple colors ( such as blue,red,white) , or a diameter larger than 6mm may indicate this type of serious skin condition.
what is Melanoma?
This is the maximum pressure felt on the artery during left ventricular contraction.
What is the systolic blood pressure?
When inspecting the skin, this term describes a bluish discoloration often caused by lack of oxygen in the blood.
What is cyanosis?
The pulse is assessed for two main qualities: rate and this
A lesion caused by scratching is known as this.
What is excoriation?
This number in a blood pressure reading represents the pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest between beats.
What is the diastolic pressure?
This type of history includes details about childhood illnesses, immunizations, hospitalizations, surgeries, and allergies.
What is a past medical history?
A review of systems (ROS) differs from the physical exam because it is based on this type of information.
What is subjective data?
What is expected to change in skin when a patient gets older?
What is loses elasticity, thickness, and ability to sweat.
This federal law protects patient privacy and ensures that personal health information is kept confidential, allowing it to be shared only with individuals directly involved in the patient's care.
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
A patient reporting ringing in the ears is describing this symptom.
What is tinnitus?
What does the PQRST Method stand for?
What is Provocation/Palliation, Quality, Region, Severity, Timing
How can you educate someone on the importance of checking for cancerous moles?
What is Are there irregular borders? Is there drainage, bleeding, or pus? Is there new growth? Is it multicolored? Have you had sunburns? Is it itching or burning?
You assess the lymph nodes under the jawline and find they are enlarged, what are these lymph nodes called?
What is submandibular lymph nodes?
Which two cranial nerves are you testing when inspecting pupil size and pupillary response?
What is Optic Nerve (Cranial Nerve II) and Oculomotor Nerve (Cranial Nerve III)?
The aging process causes the hair to be gray/white and fine and thin. This is due to what reason?
What is a decrease in the number of functioning melanocytes?
The tonsils are graded as this when they are touching the uvula
What is 3+