NURS 3128 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Skeletal Muscle, Palpation, Mvi
25 Jun 2019
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Accidents/ trauma: functional assessment adls, self-care behaviors occupational hazards, exercise, smoking (increases bone loss), mvi with calcium, family history. Understand how to perform a musculoskeletal assessment. Inspect: note size and contour, evaluate color, swelling, masses/deformity: palpation: palpate each joint and note exact location of any pain, temperature, muscle strength/structure, bony articulations, swelling/fluid, crepitus bubbling underneath skin, rom. Explain how to screen for scoliosis and identify the types of scoliosis: screen with forward bend test, types, functional scoliosis is flexible, structural scoliosis is fixed and usually requires treatment. Compare & contrast different types of body postures. Understand the terms dermatomes & crossed representation: dermatomes: an area of skin in which sensory nerves derive from single spinal nerve (ex: shingles, crossed representation: Infants and children: prenatal history, birth issues, reflexes, balance problems, seizures, milestones, environmental/lead testing, learning problems, family history, aging adult, dizziness/balance recent falls, micturition syncope, safety modifications, memory changes, tremor. Explain how to perform a brief mental status exam.
