Health Assessment Study Guide & Flashcard Index - 2023 Update
Here is the list of topics covered in our Health Assessment Flashcards for nursing students (Edition 3), which can be used as an easy reference guide for your flashcards. This is also an essential list of the Health Assessment topics to know for your nursing exams!
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Topic | Card # |
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Abdominal Assessment | 64-66 |
Abducens Nerve | 34, 39, 47 |
Abduction | 69 |
Accomodation | 34 |
Acoustic Nerve | 35, 40, 48 |
Adduction | 69 |
Alert | 5 |
Anterior Chest Assessment | 52 |
Anteroposterior-to-Transverse Diameter (AP:T) Ratio | 53 |
Aortic Valve | 61 |
Apical Pulse | 10 |
Apnea | 15 |
Atrophy | 27 |
Auscultation | 1 |
Axillary Temperature | 8 |
Babinski Reflex | 75 |
Beginning an Assessment | 3 |
Behavior | 4 |
Blood Pressure | 17-20 |
Blood Pressure - Expected Ranges | 18 |
Blood Pressure - Levels of Hypertension | 18 |
Blood Pressure Cuffs | 17 |
Blumberg's Sign | 66 |
Body Structure/Mobility | 4 |
Bowel Sounds | 65 |
Bradycardia | 12 |
Bradypnea | 15 |
Bronchial Lung Sounds | 56 |
Bronchovesicular Lung Sounds | 56 |
Bruits | 32-33 |
Bulla | 26 |
Capillary Refill | 28 |
Carotid Pulse | 32 |
Circumduction | 69 |
Closing Remarks | 76 |
Clubbing | 28 |
Coarse Crackles | 58 |
Color Vision | 43 |
Comatose | 5 |
Confrontation Test | 43 |
Corneal Light Reflex | 44 |
Costovertebral Angle (CVA) | 53 |
Cover Test | 44 |
Cranial Nerve I (Olfactory) | 36, 39, 42 |
Cranial Nerve II (Optic) | 34, 39, 43 |
Cranial Nerve III (Oculomotor) | 34, 39, 44 |
Cranial Nerve IV (Trochlear) | 34, 39, 46 |
Cranial Nerve IX (Glossopharyngeal) | 37, 40, 49 |
Cranial Nerve V (Trigeminal) | 29, 39, 46 |
Cranial Nerve VI (Abducens) | 34, 39, 47 |
Cranial Nerve VII (Facial) | 29, 40, 47 |
Cranial Nerve VIII (Vestibulocochlear/Acoustic) | 35, 40, 48 |
Cranial Nerve X (Vagus) | 37, 40, 50 |
Cranial Nerve XI (Spinal Accessory) | 30, 40, 51 |
Cranial Nerve XII (Hypoglossal) | 37, 40, 51 |
Cranial Nerves | 29-30, 34-37, 39-51 |
CRIES Pain Scale | 22 |
Crust | 27 |
Cyanosis | 24 |
Decerebrate Posturing | 5 |
Decorticate Posturing | 5 |
Deep Tendon Reflexes (DTRs) | 75 |
Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) | 17 |
Dullness | 54 |
Dyspnea | 15 |
Ear Assessment | 35 |
Edema | 25 |
Egophony | 59 |
Erb's Point | 61 |
Erosion | 27 |
Erythema | 24 |
Extension | 69 |
Eye Assessment | 34 |
FACES Pain Scale | 22 |
Facial Nerve | 29, 40, 47 |
Far Vision | 43 |
Fever | 9 |
Fine Crackles | 58 |
Fissure | 27 |
FLACC Pain Scale | 22 |
Flatness | 54 |
Flexion | 69 |
Friction Rub | 58 |
General Survey | 4 |
Glasgow Coma Scale | 7 |
Glossopharyngeal Nerve | 37, 40, 49 |
Graphesthesia | 74 |
Head and Neck Assessment | 29-51 |
Head Assessment | 29 |
Heart Assessment | 60-63 |
Heart Auscultation Sites | 61-62 |
Heart Sounds - Expected | 63 |
Heart Sounds - Unexpected | 63 |
Hyperresonance | 54 |
Hypertension | 18 |
Hyperventilation | 15 |
Hypoglossal Nerve | 37, 40, 51 |
Hypoventilation | 15 |
Inspection | 1 |
Jaeger Card | 43 |
Jaundice | 24 |
Joint Movements | 69 |
Jugular Venous Distention (JVD) | 32-33 |
Keloid | 27 |
Kyphosis | 68 |
Lethargic | 5 |
Levels of Consciousness | 5 |
Levels of Orientation | 6 |
Light Reflex | 35 |
Lordosis | 68 |
Lower Extremity Assessment | 72 |
Lung Sound Locations | 57 |
Lung Sounds | 56-59 |
Lung Sounds - Unexpected Findings | 58 |
Lymph Nodes | 30-31, 33 |
Lymphadenopathy | 33 |
Macule | 26 |
McBurney's Point | 66 |
Mitral Valve | 61 |
Modified Allen Test | 71 |
Mouth - Unexpected Findings | 38 |
Mouth Assessment | 37 |
Murmurs | 63 |
Murphy's Test | 66 |
Musculoskeletal Assessment | 67-72 |
Nail Assessment | 28 |
Near Vision | 43 |
Neck - Unexpected Findings | 33 |
Neck Assessment | 30 |
Neck Vessels | 32-33 |
Neurologic Assessment | 73-75 |
Nodule | 26 |
Nose Assessment | 36 |
Numeric Pain Scale | 22 |
Nystagmus | 44 |
Obtunded | 5 |
Oculomotor Nerve | 34, 39, 44 |
OLD CARTS (Pain Assessment) | 21 |
Olfactory Nerve | 36, 39, 42 |
Optic Nerve | 34, 39, 43 |
Oral Temperature | 8 |
Orthostatic Hypotension | 20 |
Orthostatic Vital Signs | 19-20 |
Oucher Pain Scale | 22 |
Oxygen Saturation | 16 |
Pain Assessment | 21-22 |
Pain Scales | 22 |
Pallor | 24 |
Palpation | 1 |
Papule | 26 |
Patch | 26 |
Patient Identifiers | 3 |
Percussion | 1, 54 |
Pericardial Friction Rub | 63 |
Peripheral Vision | 43 |
PERRLA | 34 |
Phalen Test | 71 |
Physical Appearance | 4 |
Physical Assessment Components | 1 |
Physical Assessment Steps | 2 |
Pitting Edema | 25 |
Plaque | 26 |
Point of Maximal Impulse (PMI) | 52 |
Posterior Chest - Auscultation Sites | 55 |
Posterior Chest Assessment | 53 |
Primary Lesions | 26 |
Profile Sign | 28 |
Pulmonic Valve | 61 |
Pulse | 10-12 |
Pulse - Expected Ranges | 11 |
Pulse - Unexpected Findings | 12 |
Pulse Deficit | 12 |
Pulsus Alternans | 12 |
Pupillary Light Reflex | 34 |
Pustule | 26 |
Radial Pulse | 10 |
Rebound Tenderness | 66 |
Rectal Temperature | 8 |
Reflex Assessment | 75 |
Resonance | 54 |
Respirations | 13-15 |
Respirations - Expected Findings | 14 |
Respirations - Unexpected Findings | 15 |
Rhonchi | 58 |
Rinne Test | 48 |
Romberg Test | 74 |
Rotation | 69 |
S1 Heart Sound | 63 |
S2 Heart Sound | 63 |
S3 Heart Sound | 63 |
S4 Heart Sound | 63 |
Safety Checks | 76 |
Scale | 27 |
Scoliosis | 68 |
Secondary Lesions | 27 |
Sinus Arrhythmia | 12 |
Sinuses (Frontal and Maxillary) | 29 |
Six Cardinal Posititions of Gaze | 44-45 |
Skin and Neck Assessment | 23-28 |
Skin Color Assessment | 24 |
Snellen Chart | 43 |
Spinal Accessory Nerve | 30, 40, 51 |
Spinal Curvatures | 68 |
SpO2 | 16 |
Stasis Dermatitis | 24 |
Stereognosis | 74 |
Strabismus | 44 |
Stuporous | 5 |
Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) | 17 |
Tachycardia | 12 |
Tachypnea | 15 |
Tactile Fremitus | 53 |
Temperature | 8-9 |
Temperature - Expected Ranges | 9 |
Temporal Mandibular Joint (TMJ) | 29 |
Temporal Temperature | 8 |
Throat - Unexpected Findings | 38 |
Throat Assessment | 37 |
Thyroid Gland | 30, 33 |
Tinel Test | 71 |
Tonsils | 37-38 |
Tracheal Deviation | 33 |
Tricuspid Valve | 61 |
Trigeminal Nerve | 29, 39, 46 |
Trochlear Nerve | 34, 39, 46 |
Tumor | 26 |
Tympanic Membrane | 35 |
Tympanic Temperature | 8 |
Tympany | 54 |
Ulcer | 27 |
Upper Extremity Assessment | 70-71 |
Vagus Nerve | 37, 40, 50 |
Vesicle | 26 |
Vesicular Lung Sounds | 56 |
Vestibulocochlear Nerve | 35, 40, 48 |
Vital Signs | 8-20 |
Weber Test | 48 |
Wheal | 26 |
Wheeze | 58 |
Whisper Test | 48 |
Whispered Pectoriloquy | 59 |
Wong-Baker Pain Scale | 22 |