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How do I create an outline on Physical assessment?

How do I create an outline on Physical assessment?

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Physical examination

General assessment

  • Physical appearance
  • Mental status
  • Distress
  • Ambulatory /non
  • Cooperative /non
  • Undernourished
  • State of conscious
  • Height /weight

vital signs

  • Temperature
  • Pulse
  • Rate
  • BP

Skin

  • color
  • Texture
  • Turgor (lost, senile good)
  • Pigmentation and location
  • Rashes /eruption
  • Pallor

Head

  • shape
  • Normocephalic
  • Symmetry /asymmetry

Eye

  • Vision
  • Pallor
  • jaundice
  • corneal reflex
  • Pupil :size, shape, equal reacting to light and accommodation

Ear

  • Hear
  • Foreign body
  • Ear wax

Nose

  • Shape
  • Deviation
  • Discharge
  • Congestion
  • Foreign body
  • Bleeding

Systemwise

Cardiovascular system : Heart sound, ECG, cynosis

Respiratory system : Lung sound (crackles, resonance, ronchi), clubbing

Musculoskeletal : range of motion, inflammation

Hematology : petechia, bleeding

Endocrine : thyroid enlargement, weight assessment

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