Hand hygiene and don gloves

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May 29, 2024

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Hand hygiene and don gloves. Introduce yourself to the patient and correctly identify your patient. Provide privacy. Verbalize and describe all assessment findings. General survey of patient’s overall status. Vital signs (heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, pulse ox, respiratory rate) (verbalize this) Pain assessment Check for missing or thinning hair  Observe color of lips and moistness  Inspect teeth and gums  Assess buccal mucosa and palate  tongue  uvula  tonsils  Palpate nose and assess symmetry  septum and inside nostrils  Verify patency of nares

 Palpate sinuses  Assess patient hearing with whisper test  Look inside ears  Assess ear discharge and tympanic membrane  Check conjunctive and sclera  Assess eye symmetry  PERRLA  Check shoulder shrug with resistance  Auscultate lung fields anterior and posterior  Assess respiratory

expansion level and symmetry  Ask about coughing  Palpate thorax  Palpate the carotid and temporal pulses bilaterally  Auscultate heart sounds  Check pulses in Radial Femoral Posterior tibial Dorsalis pedis  Check capillary refill on fingernails/toenails  Inspect abdomen

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