nurs 6512 Health assessment discussion wk 6

Exam Results: Scenario 2

Vital signs:

Temperature: 97.9 oral

Respiratory rate: 32, labored

Heart rate: 112, tachycardic

BP right arm: 148/88

Oxygen saturation: 90% on room air

Weight: 210 lbs, stable

Skin: Cool, diaphoretic

Thorax and lungs: Thorax symmetrical; diminished breath sounds right middle and lower lobes; no rales, rhonchi, or wheezes; breath sounds vesicular with no adventitious sounds left lung

Cardiovascular: Heart rate is irregular with good S1, S2; no S3 or S4; no murmur

Abdomen: Protuberant with normoactive bowel sounds auscultated x4 quadrants

Peripheral vascular: Right calf with 2+ edema, erythema; warmth and tenderness on palpation noted; left lower extremity without edema or erythema; 2+ dorsalis pedis pulses bilaterally

Neurologic: Anxious; awake, alert, and oriented to person, place, and time