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 1 / 2
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
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