WK 6 ASSIGNMENT 1 NURS 6512

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NURS 6512 Midterm Exam Review (Week 1-6)

Building A Complete Health History

· Communication techniques used to obtain a patient’s health history

· Recording and documenting patient information

· SOAP note documentation

· Subjective vs objective information when documenting

· Ethical decision making and beneficence

Diversity and Health Assessments

· Cultural awareness and diversity

· Socioeconomic, spiritual, and lifestyle factors affecting diverse populations

· Functional assessments

Assessment Tools and Diagnostic Tests in Adults and Children

· Growth, Development, and Measurements in children and adults

· Nutritional assessment to include recommended water intake and energy requirements

· Macronutrients vs Micronutrients

· Significance of a food diary

· BMI measurements for normal, overweight, obesity, morbid obesity

· Pernicious Anemia

· Examination techniques and equipment

· Diagnostic Assessment tools and tests to include tuning forks, BP monitoring, use of stethoscope, otoscope, ophthalmoscope

Assessment of the Skin, Hair, and Nails

· Skin lesion characteristics

· Documenting skin lesions using “ABCD” rule

· Anatomy and physiology of skin layers

· Abnormal nail findings in older adults

· Psoriatic skin lesions

· Vesicular skin characteristics

· Normal vs abnormal hair distribution during aging

· Characteristics of hair distribution

Assessment of Head, Neck, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat

· Cranial Nerves associated with the HEENT system

· Normal assessment findings of an adolescent’s nose and throat

· Normal examination findings of an infant’s fontanelles

· Examination findings of a patient with hypothyroid and hyperthyroid

· Techniques for examining the HEENT systems

· Examination findings for a patient with sinus symptoms

· Appropriate tuning fork frequencies to approximate vocal frequencies

· Examining the oral mucosa

· Hearing loss findings when examining the elderly patient

· Examination techniques used to examine the trachea and thyroid

Assessment of the Abdomen and Gastrointestinal System

· Organs involved in the alimentary tract

· Correct assessment order for examining the abdomen

· Examination technique and findings of the liver

· Examination findings associated with appendicitis

· Examining McBurney’s sign

· Assessment of abdominal pain in women

· Landmarks for abdominal examination

· Characteristics of bowel sounds heard during auscultation