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Heart sounds best heard at base
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How to asses for jugular venous distension (JVD)
Normal jugular venous pulsation is 2cm or less above sternal angle
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Physiological changes in elderly:expected cardiovascular changes
- Age 20-60 years systolic BP increases by about 20 mmHg
- Age 60-80yrs another 20 mmHg
- No chane in resting heart rate diastole
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Orthopnea signs/symptoms
- Difficulty breathing when supine
- State # of pillows needed to achieve comfort
- the need to assume a more upright position to breathe.
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Characteristics sounds of murmur
A blowing swooshing sound that occurs with turbulent blood flow in the heart or great vessels
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MS ARD
- M itral
- S tenosis
- A trial
- R egurgitation
- D iastole
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MR PASS
- M itral
- R egurgitation
- P hysiologic
- A trial
- S tenosis
- S ystolic
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How to asses for systolic vs diastolic murmurs
- Systole - the midsystolic click(which is associated with mitral valve prolapse) is the most common sound)
- Diastole - the third and fourth heart sound occurs
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Types of murmurs
- SysytolicMay occur with normal heart or heart disease
- DiastoleAlways indicates heart disease
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How to rate a pulse
- Rate
- Rhythm
- Force
- Elasticity
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How to rate a pulses strength
- Force-shows the strength of the heart stroke volume
- +3=full, bounding
- +2=normal
- +1=weak/thready
- 0=absent
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Range of motion
(ROM)
moving body parts (joint) right. left. forward, backward, circular motion depends on what is being tested
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ROM is documented as:
- Limited
- Pain with
- Limited rotation
- Limited abduction
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Raynaud syndrome
- Change of color in response to cold, vibration, or stress
- 1-white(pallor)
- 2-blue(cyanosis)
- 3-red (rubor)
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Manual Compression Test
- No wave felt = Competent valve
- Wave felt = Incompetent valve
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Causes for hyperactive bowel sounds
Loud high-pitched, rushing tinkling sound that signals increased motility
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Causes of hypoactive bowel sounds
Absent sound followed by abdominal sugery or with inflammation of the peritoneum
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How to test for Appendecitis
- Illiopsoas Muscle Test
- Rebound Tenderness (blumberg's Sign)
- Obturator Test
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how to perform the rebound tenderness test
(Blumberg's sign)
- A site away from painful area
- Hold hand 90o or perpendicular to the abdomen
- Push down slowly and deeply then lift up quickly
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How to perform Illiopsoas muscle test
(Appendicitis)
- Person supine, lift the right leg straight up flexing at the hip
- Push down over the right thigh as the person tries to hold his leg up
- Person should feel no pain
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How to perform Obturator test
(Appendicitis)
- With the person supine
- lift right leg, flexing the hip 90o at the knee hold the ankle and rotate the leg internally and externally
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How to test for Cholecystitis
(Inflammed Gallbladder)
- Murphy's sign
- Hold fingers under the liver border.
- Ask person to take a deep breath
- If normal no pain is felt when deep breathing
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How to test for Kidney Inflammation
- Place one hand over the 12th rib at the costovertebral angle on the clients back thump that hard with your fist
- Normally client feel thud no pain
- sharp pain occurs with inflammation
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Normal Bowel Sounds
- Normal value from 5-30 min
- Listen 5 min by your watch before deciding bowel sounds are absent completely
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Define Crepitation
- Audible and palpable crunching or grating that accompanies movement
- Occurs when the articular surfaces in the joints are roughened as w/rhematoid arthritis
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What area do bone growth occur
- Epiphysis - lenghtning growth plate
- Shaft - increases diameter of bone
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Cerebellum
Concerned with motor coordination
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Midbrain
- Contains many motor neurons and tracts
- Merges into thalamus and hypothalamus
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Pons
Enlarged area containing ascending and descending fiber tract
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Medulla
Connects the brain and spinal cord
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Hypothalamus
- Controls:
- Temperature
- HR
- BP
- Sleep center
- Pituitary gland regulation
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How to assess for Peripheral Neuropathy
(Posterior Column Tract Test)
- Vibration
- Position (kinesthesia)
- Tactile Discrimination (fine touch)
- Caused by Diabetes Mellitus
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Peripheral neuropathy is worse at the feet and gradually improves as you move up the leg
As opposed to a specific nerve lesion, which has a clear zone of deficit for its dermatome
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Posterior column tract
(Vibration test)
- Using a tuning fork on the big toe
- If no vibration felt go to ulnar process, ankles, patellae, illiac crests
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Stereognosis
Tests a persons ability to recognize objects by feeling their form, shape, size
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Graphesthesia
- Ability to read a number by having it traced on skin.
- With persons eyes clsoed
- Use blunt object to trace a number or letter in palm of hand
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Decerbrate Rigidity
- Upper extremeties stiffly extended,
- Adducted internal rotation
- Indicates lesion in brain stem at midbrain or upper pons
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Decortocate Rigidity
- Upper extremity flexion of arms, wrist, fingers.
- Adduction of arms
- Indicates hemispheric lesion of cerebral cortex
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Areas of Glasgow Coma Scale
- Eye opening (1-4)
- Motor response (1-5)
- Verbal response (1-6)
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Glasgow Coma Scale
- Each area is rated separately
- # given for persons best response
- # added up
- The total reflects person functional status
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Osgood Schlatter Disease:
- Painful swelling of the tibial tubercle, just below the knee
- Occurs during puberty
- More in males
- Symptoms resolve with rest
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The need for a mastecomy and complications
- Lymphedema
- Is unilateral swelling, nonpitting brawny edema, with overlaying skin indurated
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Peripheral Arterial Disease
Characteristics
- Intermittent claudication
- Cramps
- Numbness
- Tingling
- cold
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Peripheral Venous Disease
Characteristics
- Brownish color variation
- Aching
- Tiredness
- Fullness
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Visual Acuity Test
Snellen Eye Chart
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What does 20/30 mean
You can read at 20 feet what the normal eye could read at 30 feet
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How to assess hearing
- Whispered voice test
- Tunning fork test
- Weber test
- Rinne test
- *Audiometer*
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Cranial nerve involved in hearing
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pupillary constriction involves what nerve
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Correct time to do BSE
4th to 8th day after menses
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Cranial Nerves Mnemonic
- Oh
- Oh
- Oh
- To
- Touch
- And
- Feel
- A
- Good
- Vein
- Ah
- Heaven
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How to assess JVD
- Position client at 30 to 45 degree angle
- Remove pillow
- To avoid flexing neck as person is raised to sitting position external jugulars flatten and disappear
- Unilateral distetion of vein is due to local cause(kinking and aneurysm)
- Full distention signify increased CVP as with heart failure
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