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Nursing Principles
Chapters 22, 29, & 38
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Health Care
Undergraduate 2
02/01/2008

Additional Health Care Flashcards

 


 

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Term
Visual observation of general appearance, contours of the body, skin tone and color, rashes, scars, lesions, deformities or extremity weakness
Definition
Inspection
Term

Used to ascertain size, shape, and position of body parts, texture, temperature, moisture of skin, presence of muscle spasm, or rigidity, pain, swelling, presence of a growth, restriction in body-part movement, skin temperature, turgor, or presence of edema

Definition
Palpation
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Light quick tapping on the body surface to produce sounds, variations in the sounds reflect characteristics of organs or structures below the surface, size, location, density, presence of air or fluids
Definition
Percussion
Term
Listening to presence or absence of body sounds by using a stethoscope, lung sounds (listening for air coming in and out; normal sounds - lower lobes less amount of air), heart sounds, abdomen: bowel sounds ( 4 quadrants - hypoactive, hyperactive, absent, or normal)
Definition
Auscultation
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Smelling to identify breath odor for sweetness or alcohol (diabetics-increase blood sugar), wound odors, odors from discharges
Definition
Olfaction
Term

Height and weight (without shoes) - feet together, shoulders straight and head up

Infant without diaper (never leave unattended)

Vital signs measurement

Head and neck- JVD (symmetry of eyes, alert-person,place,andtime)

Chest, heart, and lungs

Skin and extremities

Abdomen -distention, flat when youlay down(normal)

Genitalia, anus, and rectum

 

Definition
Basic Physical Examination
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ecchymosis

Definition
bruising
Term
rebounding tenderness
Definition
appendicitis
Term
RNS HOPE
Definition

Rest and activity

Nutrition, fluids, and electrolytes

Safety and security

Hygiene

Oxygenation

Psychosocial and learning

Elimination

Term
touching with the hands and fingers
Definition
palpation
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elasticity
Definition
turgor
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fluid in the tissues
Definition
edema
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involuntary fine movement of the body or limbs
Definition
tremors
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light, quick tapping on the body surface to produce sounds

Definition
percussion
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listening for sounds produced with in the body, usually with a stethoscope
Definition
auscultation
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activities of daily living: bathing, dressing, grooming, cleansing teeth, shaving, toileting, etc.
Definition
ADLS
Term
abnormal accumulation of serous fluid with in the peritoneal cavity
Definition
ascites
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abnormal sound heard on auscultation, a kind of swishing sound
Definition
bruit
Term
relating to the mental process of knowing, remembering, related; connected thinking
Definition
cognitive
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a bluish tinge to the skin, nail beds or mucous membranes, indicating a significant decrease in oxygenation
Definition
cyanosis
Term
redness of the skin caused by congestion of the capillaries in the lower layers of the skin that occurs with any skin injury, infection, or inflammation
Definition
erythema
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arms are stiffly extended, addicted, and hyperpronated with hyperextension of the legs and plantar flexion of the feet; indicates disruption of the motor fibers in the midbrain and brainstem; formerly called decerebrate posture
Definition
extension posture
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