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Movement of extremity toward midline of body Adduction Rotation of joint inward Internal rotation Rotation of join outward External rotation Turning body part away from midline Eversion Turning body part away from midline Inversion Flexion of toes and foot upward Dorsiflexion Bending of toes and foot downward Plantar flection The Glascow Coma Scale rates the level of what? Consciousness Pt can't express thoughts, but understand what they want to say Expressive aphasia Pt can't express thought and does not understand Receptive aphasia How do you test a pt's C7 facial nerve? Smile, raise eyebrows, wrinkle eyebrows Used for Pt's with a stroke What 3 things do you always assess? Heart, lungs, abdomen 3 types of assessments and order? 1. General Assessment; across the room 2. Focused Assessmentl why the pt is there 3. Full Assessment; head to toe Fist percussion helps

assess for tenderness over the kidneys, liver and gallbladder Amplitude or intensity (loud or soft) Pitch or frequency (high or low) What does CAGE mean? Ever feel the need to Cut down on your drinking? Do you get Annoyed by people criticizing you? Do you feel Guilty about drinking? Have you ever used a drink as an Eye opener or to make you feel normal? Assessed signs that indicate oxygenation problems Reduced mental alertness, nasal flaring, somnolence, and cyanosis continuous sounds caused by muscular spasm, fluid, or mucus in larger airways; or new growth or external pressure causing turbulence. Best heard over bronchial tree Rhonchi are low-pitched high-pitched continuous musical sounds or whistling sound like a squeak heard continuously during inspiration or expiration. They usually are louder on expiration and often are heard in asthma. Heard in bronchial tree Wheezes dry, rubbing or grating quality and is caused by inflamed pleura: parietal pleura rubbing against visceral pleura. High pitched pleural friction rub...