HEENT, Mouth and Neck Assessment UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

HEENT, Mouth and Neck Assessment UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers

, HEENT head, eyes, ears, nose, throat


Health History Questions: Head • Headache
• Head injury
• Dizziness
• surgery



Health History Questions: Neck • Pain
• Limitation in range of motion
• Lumps or swelling
• Surgery



Head Inspection/Palpation • Position
• Size, shape, symmetry
• Skin lesions
• Tenderness
• Temporal area
• Sutures in children
• Hair texture, color, distribution



face inspection • Facial structures & features
• Color
• Skin
• Symmetry
• Ear setting



Inspect and palpate frontal and maxillary sinuses Transillumination


Inspect and palpate neck • Symmetry
• Swallowing
• Range of motion
• Trachea
• Thyroid gland
• Posterior approach
• Anterior approach
• Lymph nodes



Neck Assessment • Inspect the neck at slight extension
• Thyroid using side lighting
• Trachea should be midline
• Neck should be symmetric
• Palpate thyroid
• Size, shape, symmetry, tenderness and nodules



Palpating the thyroid: posterior approach Rest thumbs on back of person's neck, place fingers on cricoid cartilage.
Displace gland & palpate isthmus as person swallows, thyroid rises