HeadandNeckChecklist-2023

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Head and Neck Name: Kelly Jamison Date: 01/31/24 # of minutes: 10 Preceptor Name: Chelsea Ekins Preceptor Signature: History Remember to look at each history component as it relates to the head, face, and neck. Ask the patient the following: x Do you have… x Head pain/headaches? x Jaw tightness and pain? x Neck pain and stiffness? x Do you have problems or complaints related to your head or neck? x Do you have allergies to any medications, foods, or environmental factors? x Do you have any health problems? x Are you on any medications, prescribed, or over the counter? Physical Assessment Equipment Gather equipment needed for exam: x Gloves x Penlight x Stethoscope x Cup of water Position Sitting Technique

First, scan your patient head to toe checking for speciQic signs of diseases, affecting other organ systems that might alter the head, face, and neck. Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, Auscultation

INSPECT INSPECT Head ☐ Size, shape, and symmetry ☐ Facial appearance, symmetry of facial features, lesions, hair distributions, and abnormal movements PALPATE ☐ Tenderness, masses ☐ TMI joint Findings x WNL or x WNL or Findings x WNL or x WNL or Neck ☐ Neutral position, hyperextended, and as patient swallows ☐ Note ROM, symmetry, condition of skin PALPATE ☐ Cervical lymph nodes: Occipital, postauricular, preauricular, tonsillar, submandibular, submental, superQicial, deep, posterior, supraclavicular, infraclavicular ☐ Thyroid gland: Anterior or posterior approach AUSCULTATE ☐ Thyroid: If palpable, listen for bruits with the bell over the thyroid Findings x WNL or x WNL or Findings x WNL or x WNL or Findings x WNL or

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