NSE 13A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Palliative Care, Palpation

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: NSE 13A/B
• Professor: Anne- Marie Fyfe

Document Summary

I will be doing an assessment on you which may involve the use of touch. "just to let you know, everything we discuss today is con dential but will be shared with the healthcare team. So what brings you here today? : general survey. P (provocative or palliative): what makes it better? what makes it worse? : if chest pain: is the pain associated with breathing? . Q (quality or quantity): how does it look, feel, sound? is it mild, medium or severe? . R (region or radiation): where is it? does it spread anywhere? : if msk: do you feel it in your joints, muscles and/or bones? . S (severity): how severe is it on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is not severe at all and 10 is most severe? is it getting better, getting worse, or staying the same? .