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What are the essential elements of practice during the neuro exam? - Answer introduces self
and role, hand hygiene, identifies client by double identifier, explains procedure and obtains
permission, have all equipment at the start of exam, be in dress code, pain assessment,
documentation
The focused assessment should be completed within how many minutes? - Answer 15
The bedside assessment should be completed within how many minutes? - Answer 10
During the bedside assessment what should you ask the patient about? - Answer their last
urination and bowel movement
What assessments are included in competency #1? - Answer neuro, cardiac, thorax/lungs,
musculoskeletal
How many points is the focused exam worth for competency #1? - Answer 100 points
What percentage does the focused exam represent (competency #1)? - Answer 13%
What is the peer evaluation tool? - Answer a peer must review each assessment you perform
What is the order of assessment techniques? - Answer Inspection, palpation, percussion,
auscultation
Senses used for inspection - Answer sight, smell, hearing
Senses used for palpation - Answer touch
Senses used for percussion - Answer touch and hearing
, What is a health assessment? - Answer a systematic method of collecting data about a client
in order to develop a nursing diagnosis
What are the components of a health assessment? - Answer collecting subjective data (health
history), performing a physical exam (objective data), and documenting the findings
What is the purpose of a health assessment? - Answer to develop a plan of care for the
patient, to identify nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems
What is inspection? - Answer close, careful scrutiny, first of the individual as a whole and then
of each body system
What is palpation? - Answer using touch to assess texture, temperature, moisture, organ
location and size, tenderness, etc...
finger pads - Answer texture, shape, pulsations
fingertips - Answer reflexes
forefinger/thumb - Answer tissue and nodule size
ulnar surfaces of hands and fingers - Answer vibrations
dorsal surface of hand - Answer temperature
entire hand - Answer muscle strength
What is percussion? - Answer tapping the person's skin with short, sharp strokes to assess
underlying structures
Percussion is used to - Answer map location and size of organs & signal density of a structure
Auscultation - Answer listening to sounds produced by the body using a stethoscope