Health Assessment Exam 1 Review
What is ischemia?(Answer) – decreased oxygenated blood flow
Example: angina
What is objective data(Answer) – What you observe and can measure
What is subjective data(Answer) – What the patient tells you or feels
Is health history subjective or objective?(Answer) – subjective
What is cultural competence?(Answer) – to provide appropriate
culturally sensitive care related to the clients beliefs and practices.
What are the social determinants of health?(Answer) – conditions in
which people are born, grow, live, work and age
Mental status assessment during general survey(Answer) – check LOC,
speech, attention span, and memory
pain is always __?(Answer) – subjective
How pain measured(Answer) – scale of 1-10
If a patient is unconscious and you observe if they are in pain, is that
subjective or objective?(Answer) – It is an objective form of
measurement, however the pain is still subjective
Factors that go into how a person feels pain(Answer) – environment,
family, culture, presence of chronic pain, etc
what is neuropathic pain?(Answer) – pain due to disease or lesion in the
somatosensory nervous system, problem with the nerve endings. Can be
very difficult to treat
what is visceral pain?(Answer) – originates from the larger internal
organs
Where does visceral pain originate?(Answer) – abdomen, cranium, and
thorax
What is radiating pain?(Answer) – pain spreads from where it originated
appendicitis is an example of what type of pain?(Answer) – visceral
when a heart attack causes left arm and jaw pain, this is an example of
what type of pain?(Answer) – radiating pain
What is somatic pain?(Answer) – deep, aching, throbbing pain
originating from musculoskeletal tissues or the body surface. Typically
localized and easy to pinpoint
where does deep somatic pain come from?(Answer) – blood vessels,
joints, tendons, muscles and bone
what is cutaneous pain(Answer) – (superficial pain) usually involves the
skin or subcutaneous tissue. Gives stinging, burning, or sharp pain
What is referred pain?(Answer) – pain is not felt where it actually
originates
When the right shoulder hurts from an inflamed appendix or gallbladder,
what type of pain is this?(Answer) – Referred pain
What is phantom pain?(Answer) – pain from a missing limb because
brain does not know it is gone
What is a method to treat phantom pain(Answer) – using mirror to trick
brain