Regis NU 650 Final Actual Exam 3 with 100% Correct
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Order of Assessment - ANSWERSInspection, Palpation,
... [Show More] Percussion and
Auscultation. EXCEPT with abdomen
Comprehensive Health History - ANSWERSchief complaint, reason for visit, ROS,
past medical and surgical history, social history and family history
Pediatric Body measurements - ANSWERSlength, height, weight, head
circumference fro birth to 36 months
Normal/Hypertension cut off - ANSWERS<130 normal 140+ hypertension
Fontanel Closure - ANSWERSposterior 1-2 months, anterior 9mo-2years
otoscope - ANSWERSadult-up and back, peds- down and back, using largest
speculum that will fit comforably
tympanic membrane - ANSWERSCone of light R-5 l-7
EOM testing - ANSWERSCN III, IV, VI
AP diameter of chest - ANSWERS1:2 (AP less than transverse)
barrel chest - ANSWERSCOPD
Flat or Dull percussion - ANSWERSeffusion or pneumonia
normal resonant percussion - ANSWERShealthy lung
Hyperressonance (percussion) - ANSWERStrapped air
crackles/rales - ANSWERShigh pitched, discontinuous
Wheezes - ANSWERShigh-pitched whistling or squeaking sounds during inspiration
or expiration
Rhonchi - ANSWERSsnoring, rumbling sounds heard upon auscultation of the chest
during respiration-low pitched
tactile fremitus - ANSWERS• INCREASED FREMITUS
- Means there is liquid or solid inside the lungs (consolidation such as with
pneumonia)
- Remember Liquid or solid transmits vibrations better than air
• DECREASED FREMITUS
Means air trapping such as with emphysema or bronchial obstruction.
Regis NU 650 Final Actual Exam 3 with 100% Correct
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Bronchophony - ANSWERSthe spoken voice sound heard through the stethoscope,
which sounds soft, muffled, and indistinct over normal lung tissue, clearer over
disease
Egophony - ANSWERSabnormal change in tone of voice that is heard when
auscultating the lungs EE-->AA
UE Arteries - ANSWERSradial-thumb side, ulnar pinky side
Pulse grading - ANSWERS0 absent
1+ weak
2+ normal
3+ increased
4+ bounding
palpate bilaterally
PMI - ANSWERSpoint of maximal impulse mid-clavicular and 5th ICS
S1 - ANSWERSnormal, closure of AV, Start of systole, loudest at Apex, contraction
of ventricles
S2 - ANSWERSnormal, closure of semilunar, end of systole, loudest at base, filling
of ventricles
S3 - ANSWERSthird heart sound (normal in pregnant young adults, and children),
gallop
S4 - ANSWERSextra heart sound, end of diastole, indicative of disease-AFIB
murmur grading scale - ANSWERSI-Barely Audible
II-Quiet, Clearly Audible
III-moderately Loud
IV-loud, thrill
V-Very loud, can palpate thrill
VI-Very loud, thrill palpable and visible
clubbing - ANSWERSbulbous enlargement of distal phalanges of fingers and toes
that occurs with chronic cyanotic heart and lung conditions
edema scale - ANSWERS1+ = disappears rapidly. 2+ = last 10-15 seconds. 3+ =
lasts more than one minute. 4+ = lasts 2-5 minutes. These are signs used in what
scale?
normal/abnormal findings spleen - ANSWERSnormal=tympanic, dullness could be
enlargement not normally felt on exam
Blumberg Sign: Rebound Test - ANSWERSperitoneal inflammation, hurts more
when release from palpation [Show Less]