Nursing Tips: Health Assessment
Check out these easy-to-remember nursing tips, tricks and hacks. Includes fun mnemonics that make recall a breeze.
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Assessing Hypoglossal Nerve Function
June 20, 2022
Asking the patient to stick out their tongue and move it side to side is an effective way to assess the function of Cranial Nerve XII (Hypoglossal).
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Assessing for Accommodation
May 26, 2022
When assessing for "Accommodation," ask the patient to focus their eyes on a distant object, then to a near object. The pupils should constrict when focusing on the near object!
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Breath Sounds: Vesicular and Adventitious
October 06, 2021
"Vesicular" breath sounds are a normal finding upon auscultation (i.e., the sound air makes flowing in and out of lungs). "Adventitious" breath sounds are always abnormal!
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Orthostatic Hypotension
April 02, 2021
A patient is POSITIVE for orthostatic hypotension if: The SBP decreases more than 20mmHg when changing position AND/OR the DBP decreases more than 10mmHg
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Nociceptive and Neuropathic Pain
December 02, 2020
Nociceptive pain is caused by tissue damage or inflammation. Neuropathic pain is caused by nerve damage.
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Physical Assessment Order
October 08, 2019
Order of physical assessment: Inspect, palpate, percuss, auscultate. EXCEPT for assessing the abdomen: Inspect, auscultate, percuss, palpate (to avoid altering bowel sounds).
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