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| Things to look for when inspecting the nose: |
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| shape, size, skin, color, presence of deformity or inflammation. |
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| yellow, waxy substance in the ear canal |
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| a special ear speculum to observe the deeper structures in the external and middle ear. |
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| Things to look for when inspecting the auricles: |
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| size, shape, symmetry, landmarks, position, color. |
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| Palpate auricles to check: |
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| texture, tenderness, skin lesions. |
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| injury to the auditory nerve resulting from high maintenance doses of antibiotics. |
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| local skin breakdown of the naris (nose) characterized by redness and skin sloughing. |
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| Reasons to assess mouth and pharynx |
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| detect signs of overall health, determine oral hygiene needs, develop therapies for clients w/ dehydration, restricted intake, oral trauma or oral airway obstruction. |
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| color, texture, hydration, contour, and lesions. Lips should be pink, moist, symmetrical and smooth. |
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| glistening pink, soft, moist, and smooth |
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| color, edema, retraction, bleeding,and lesions. Gums should be pink, smooth, and moist and tightly fit around each tooth. |
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| color, size, position, texture, lesions. A normal tongue is medium or dull red in color, moist, slightly rough on tip surfaced, smooth along the lateral margins. |
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| assessment of the neck includes assessing: |
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| neck muscles, lymph nodes of head/neck, carotid arteries, jugular veins, thyroid gland, trachea. |
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| signs that could indicate oxygenation problems: |
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| reduced mental alertness, nasal flaring, somnolence, cyanosis. |
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| soft, breezy, low pitched, inspiratory phase is 3x's longer than expiratory. Best heard over lung's periphery. |
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| blowing sounds that are medium pitches and of medium intensity. Inspiratory phase is equal to expiratory. Best heard posteriorly between scapulae and anteriorly over bronchioles lateral to sternum and second to intercostal spaces. |
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| loud and high pitched with hollow quality. expiration lasts longer than inspiration. Heard only over trachea. |
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