ADN 150 General Vocab 1

swelling, check for pitting

resistance (elasticity) of skin when pulled

tenting: when skin does not go back right away on back of hand esp (may signify dehydration)

lice

• Pubis-pubic hair (crabs)
• Capitis- head lice
• Corporis- body lice

balding

may signify a disease where hair is brittle, thin, or patchy

may simply be male pattern balding

inflammation of the tongue

Bad breath

• inflammation of the mouth
• may include lips, cheeks, mucous membranes

swelling of gums (teeth may recede from gums as well)

oozing of fluids

(PVD) any condition that causes partial or complete obstruction of the flow of blood to or from the arteries or veins outside of the chest

a massage technique that includes stroking and follows the contours of the body

a massage technique that includes kneading or squeezing of muscle groups, usually on the extremities

without teeth

using a lot of drugs together, results in a higher risk of side effects and drug related complications

To make skin soft, usually through soaking

• Redness (erythema)
• Sesnsitivity
• Visual Problems
• Pain

redness

Edema, Exudate, and Erythema

Swelling, draining, and redness signify an infection

When you shine light in one eye, both pupils contact equally

• 
• Normal in children, abnormal in adults

The sound of blood rushing past an occlusion

Moving eyes to all 6 positions

Dropping of eye lids

• hearing test comparing air conduction and bone conduction of sound
• 

Tests lateralization of hearing

• Also called proptosis
• Bulging of the eyes anatomically

• A series of tests which evaluate the client's equilibrium
• Tandem walk, closing eyes and standing, hopping/standing on one foot

paralysis on one side of the body

hands turning inwards towards core vs. hands away from core

Crackling sounds

Uncontrollable movements of the eye

Eyes do not line up ("cross eyes")

Difficulty expressing verbal communication

• Tests for intracranial pressure
• 1. Widening of the pulse pressure
• 2. Change in respiration
• 3. Bradycardia

• The ability to recognize letters or numbers on the skin
• Test normally on palm of hand; tests perception and sensation

• The ability to perceive the shape of an object by touch
• May be tested with coins or keys

Cerebral Vascular Accident

Glasgow coma Scale

Do not resuscitate

Central Nervous System

Level of Consciousness/Level of Responsiveness

Alert and Oriented to at least three spheres (person, place, time)

Pupils Equal, Round, Reactive to Light and Accomodation

past medical history

swooshing sound between S1 and S2

• Bedside test done with pulse cannot be palpated
• uses a Doppler machine, looks much like an ultrasond

• ventricular Systole
• Closure of the mitral and tricuspid valves
• LUB sound
• Listen to the heart beat the PMI

• ventricular diastole
• the DUB Sound
• Closing of Aortic and Pulmonic valves
• Listen to at base of heart in ICS 2

• may dignify DVT
• Pain in calf when bending the knee or dorsiflexion of foot

• Point of maximal impulse
• Listen to at apex of heart

Only to be done by doctors

Symptoms associated with heart failure

Point of Maximal Impulse

Automated External Defibrillator

Sinal Atrial Node

Mid Clavicular Line

Intercostal Space

Cardiac Output

Stroke Volume

heart rate

Congestive Heart failure

Coronary Artery Disease

Electrocardio Graph

High Density Lipoproteins

Peripheral Vascular Disease

Ankle Brachial Index

Deep Vein Thrombosis

Jugular Venous Distention

Color/Circulation, motor, sensation