NURSING 1I02 Final: General Survey Script
1 Dec 2018
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How about the month? (if they don"t know date) Good morning, my name is ___ and i"m a level 1 nursing student at mcmaster university. Good, so i"ll begin the survey now and please do not hesitate to ask me any questions should you have any. *determine whether patient appears stated age and gender* *determine whether patient is under distress, shortness of breath, wheezing, pain expression, holding body part* *determine whether skin is normal, even skin, intact* *determine whether facial expressions are symmetrical with movement or immobile, masklike, asymmetric, drooping* *determine whether height and weight is within normal range for age, or if there is obesiry, truncal obesity* *determine whether patient is sitting comfortably arms at sides head turned to examiner* *determine whether posture is sturdy but not rigid or depressed* *determine whether patients arm span matches height, if body length from crown is equal to length from pubis to sole*
