NSE 13A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Abdominal Pain, Asepsis, Dysphagia
14 Apr 2016
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Abdomen reason for seeking care: my stomach hurts. I also would like to ensure privacy and did this by closing the door and everything we say will be kept conidential between us and the health care team . Nicole, tell me how i can help you. You mentioned that your stomach hurts, tell me more about that. Remember: facilitation (encourage to say more), silence, relection, empathy, clariication, confrontation: 4 general findings. You appear to be your stated age, your body parts are equal and symmetrical bilaterally, your posture is slouching and your speaks clearly and understandably in a luent, even pace: pqrstu. Severity of pain how would you rate your pain on an intensity scale (1-10) Understanding of pain what do you think is causing the pain: 3 health history questions. Please point to it, is the pain in one spot or move around. Anterior supine & ofer/appropriate draping + pillows for head/bend knees.
