NSG 2317 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Flashlight, Palpation, Otoscope
22 Jan 2018
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Cultivating your senses: skills of using senses of sight, smell, touch and hearing to gather data, develops over time with practice, technical skills plus knowledge base, skills of physical examination are inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation. Hand on one side and pushing with other hand on the other side: performed one at a time in above order. Inspection: concentrated watching, close/carful scrutiny, compare patient"s right and left sides for symmetry, use good lighting, ensure adequate exposure of the area inspected, will include instruments for specific body systems. Palpation: using sense of touch can confirm points noted during inspection, sow and systematic, light vs. deep palpation, intermittent pressure, bimanual palpation, chara(cid:272)ters assessed (cid:271)y palpation . Presence of tenderness or pain: use particular parts of the hand. Fingertips; best for fine tactile discrimination like skin texture, swelling, pulsation and determining presence of lumps.
