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PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
Women only
Congested breasts
Hot flashes
Lumps in breast
Menopause
Vaginal discharge
Please list any medication you are currently taking and why:
Patient is currently taking carbamazepine
B. CEPHALO-CAUDAL ASSESSMENT
1. Skin
Scars / Marks / Moles/ pigmentation: scars are present at her right foot, moles are also
present in face
Texture: texture of her skin are smooth
Temperature: warm on palm of hands and feet
Color: client is fair-skinned (brown).
Ulcers/lesions (describe location and appearance): their are lesions in the lower
right extremity
Skin Turgor: (+) skin turgor: skin is not that elastic anymore it will take seconds to go back due
ageing process
2. Head
Hair: well distributed, white in color
Shape: normocephalic
Masses: none
Tenderness: none
3. Eye:
External inspection
Size, shape symmetry: symmetrically rounded
Lids, lashes: evenly distributed lashes; skin intact
Conjunctiva: shiny, smooth and pink
Sclera: appears white
Examination
Ocular movements: both eyes coordinated; moved in unison
Visual fields: when looking straight ahead client can see objects in the periphery
PERRLA:: pupil constricts when looking at near objects; pupils dilate when looking at far object
Corneal reflex: client blinks when the cornea is touched :
4. Ear:
External inspection
Size, shape symmetry: size and shape are proportion and symmetrical
Position & alignment of head: auricle aligned with outer canthus of eye
Skin condition (color, lumps, lesions): skin condition is fine the color of the skin is brown but in
the right arm burns are noted
5. Nose:
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External inspection
Size, shape symmetry: symmetrical and straight
Patency: client breaths easily with the nares and no signs of dyspnea
Skin condition : even color; no sensitivity: but there are keloids due to burns
7. Neck
Skin generally even in color; no lesions or masses
Thyroid not visible on inspection
8. Heart-Lungs:
Inspection
Shape & symmetry, bony markings chest symmetric; spine vertically aligned
Spinal shape & curvature (kyphosis, lordosis, scoliosis) spine is vertically aligned
Sensory:
Stereognosis: Identifies common objects (coin)
Extinction: both spur are felt at the patient’s back
Sharp/Dull: capable to identify and differentiate “shrill” and “dull” sensations
Hot/Cold: able to identify and differentiate “hot” and “cold” sensations
II- Optic: can see things at the edge when looking straight ahead
VII - Facial R L
Facial expressions: intelligible to what she feels
Facial expression #2: patient has no trouble in smiling, levitation her brows, and puffing out
cheeks when asked to
VIII – Vestibulocochlear: patient can hear whispered words and can repeat words clearly given by
the nurse
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IX- Glossopharyngeal: patient can move tongue from side to side, up and down
XI - Spinal accessory: client can turn head side to side against resistance
XII – Hypoglossal
Stick out tongue: tongue at midline; can move both from side to side