Foundations of nursing
Terms
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- palpation
- a techinique used in physical examination in which the examiner feels the texture, size, cinsistency, and location of certain parts of the body with the hands.
- Percussion
- Using fingertips to tap the body's surface to produce vibration and sound.
- Pruritus
- The symptoms of itching; an uncomfortable sensation leading to the urge to scratch; scratching often leads to secondary infection.
- Purulent
- producing or containing pus
- signs
- An objective finding as perceived by the examiner; a sign can be seen, heard, measured, or felt by the examiner.
- Subjective data
- Symptoms; Verbal statements provided by the patient. That which arises from within or is percieved by the individual and related to the examiner.
- Symptoms
- Subjective indication of a disease or a change in condition as percieved by the patient.
- Thrill
- Fine vibration sensation along the artery, which is palpated by the examiner.
- Turgor
- The normal resiliency of the skin caused by the outward pressure of the cells and interstitial fluid; may be assessed as increased or decreased skin turgor.
- Tympany
- A high-pitched drumlike sound produced by performing percussion over a hollow organ such as the stomach.
- Wheeze
- Adventitious breath sounds that have a whistling or sighing sound resulting from narrowing of the lumen of a respiratory passageway. wheezes characteristically clear on coughing.