NURSING 113 Focused Exam Chest Pain Brian Foster

Focused Exam Chest Pain Brian Foster


Experience Overview

FOCUSED EXAM: CHEST PAIN

Patient: Brian Foster

Grade: 100%

Subjective Data Collection

23 out of 23

Objective Data Collection

21 out of 21

Time

183 minutes total spent in assignment

Objective Data Collection: 21 of 21 (100%)

Inspected face
1 of 1 point

Appearance (1/1 point)
• No visible abnormal findings
• Rash or lesion
• Cyanosis
• Pallor
• Redness or flushing
• Evidence of trauma (scar, laceration, or bruising)

Inspected for jugular venous distension
1 of 1 point

Height Of Venous Pressure (1/1 point)
• 4 cm or less above the sternal angle
• More than 4 cm above the sternal angle

Inspected chest
1 of 1 point

Symmetry (1/2 point)
• Symmetric

,Focused Exam Chest Pain Brian Foster

• Asymmetric
Appearance (1/2 point)
• No visible abnormal findings
• Rash or lesion
• AP diameter abnormal
• Intercostal retraction while breathing
• Excessive use of accessory muscles while breathing
• Pectus excavatum
• Skin growths (freckles or moles)
• Evidence of skin trauma (scar, laceration, or bruising)

Inspected hands and fingernails
1 of 1 point

Right: Appearance (1/4 point)
• No visible abnormal findings
• Redness
• Moles or skin tags
• Masses (warts, cysts, or tumors)
• Freckles, birthmark, or other discoloration
• Excessive dry or flaking skin
• Purpura
• Scarring
• Laceration, lesion, or wound
• Bruising
• Rash
Left: Appearance (1/4 point)
• No visible abnormal findings
• Redness
• Moles or skin tags
• Masses (warts, cysts, or tumors)
• Freckles, birthmark, or other discoloration
• Excessive dry or flaking skin
• Purpura
• Scarring
• Laceration, lesion, or wound
• Bruising
• Rash
Right: Nail Changes (1/4 point)
• No visible abnormal findings
• Pallor
• Cyanosis
• Splinter hemorrhages
• Clubbing
Left: Nail Changes (1/4 point)
• No visible abnormal findings

,Focused Exam Chest Pain Brian Foster

• Pallor
• Cyanosis
• Splinter hemorrhages
• Clubbing

Inspected lower extremities and toenails
1 of 1 point

Right: Appearance (1/4 point)
• No visible abnormal findings
• Visible distortion or swelling
• Brownish pigmentation
• Skin thickening
• Ulceration
• Varicose veins
Right: Nail Changes (1/4 point)
• No visible abnormal findings
• Pallor
• Cyanosis
• Splinter hemorrhages
• Clubbing
Left: Appearance (1/4 point)
• No visible abnormal findings
• Visible distortion or swelling
• Brownish pigmentation
• Skin thickening
• Ulceration
• Varicose veins
Left: Nail Changes (1/4 point)
• No visible abnormal findings
• Pallor
• Cyanosis
• Splinter hemorrhages
• Clubbing

Inspect lower extremities for edema
1 of 1 point

Right: Edema (1/4 point)
• No edema
• Pitting
• Non-pitting
Right: Severity Of Edema (1/4 point)
• No edema
• 1+ Slight pitting
• 2+ Deeper pit, disappears in 10 to 15 seconds

, Focused Exam Chest Pain Brian Foster

• 3+ Noticeably deep pit that lasts more than a minute
• 4+ Very deep pit that lasts 2 to 5 minutes
Left: Edema (1/4 point)
• No edema
• Pitting
• Non-pitting
Left: Severity Of Edema (1/4 point)
• No edema
• 1+ Slight pitting
• 2+ Deeper pit, disappears in 10 to 15 seconds
• 3+ Noticeably deep pit that lasts more than a minute
• 4+ Very deep pit that lasts 2 to 5 minutes

Tested capillary refill
time 1 of 1 point

Fingers (1/2 point)
• Less than 3 seconds
• Greater than 3 seconds
Toes (1/2 point)
• Less than 3 seconds
• Greater than 3 seconds

Palpated carotid arteries
1 of 1 point

Right: Vibration (1/4 point)
• No thrill
• Thrill
Right: Amplitude (1/4 point)
• 0 Absent
• 1+ Diminished or barely palpable
• 2+ Expected
• 3+ Increased
• 4+ Bounding pulse
Left: Vibration (1/4 point)
• No thrill
• Thrill
Left: Amplitude (1/4 point)
• 0 Absent
• 1+ Diminished or barely palpable
• 2+ Expected
• 3+ Increased
• 4+ Bounding pulse

Palpated PMI