Health Assessment - HEENT

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Thyroid Gland - 2

  • Cellular metabolism

  • Growth and Development

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Examination (Head/Face) - 7

  1. Perform hand hygeine

  2. Inspect head

  3. Inspect face

  4. palpate structures of the skull

  5. palpate face and jaw

  6. palpate temporal arteries

  7. auscultate the temporal arteries for bruit

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Examination (Neck) - 4

  1. Inspect the neck

  2. Estimate ROM

  3. Access neck muscle strength

  4. Palpate neck

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Teaching Opportunities - HEENT - 5

  • prevention of trauma

  • prevention of infection

  • treatment of infection

  • risk of cancers

  • reportable symptoms

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Race

Head - facials

Eyes - eyelid configuration

Ears - cerumen color and consistency

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Infants

Head - shape

Eyes - watery discharge

Ears - alignment and “DOWN and back”

Mouth - 20 teeth and tonsil enlargement is normal

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Elderly

Head - gray and thin

Eyes: loss of acuity

Ears - presbycusis

Mouth - loss of teeth and weak voice

Neck - thyroid problems

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Cornea - 2

  • transmits light from lens to retina

  • transparent

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Uvea - 1

supplies retina w/ blood

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Equipment (Eyes) - 5

  • Ophthalmoscope

  • Penlight

  • Snellen or E Chart

  • Handheld Vision Screener (Rosenbaum)

  • Cover Card

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Examination (Eyes) - 9

  • Test Visual Acuity (distance and near)

  • Assess peripheral vision

  • Inspect eyebrows, eyelids, and eyelashes

  • Inspect conjuctivia

  • Inspect Corneal Light via Hirschburg Test

  • Inspect Sclera

  • Inspect cornea

  • Inspect Iris

  • Inspect Pupils

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Cyanosis

white: grayish blue

black: ashen-gray easily seen in conjunctiva, oral mucous membranes, nail beds

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Ecchymosis

white: red, purple, green, yellow

black: blue to black; difficult to see

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Erythema

white: red w increased skin temp

black: brown to purple w increased skin temp

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Jaundice

white: yellow sclera, nails, palms, and oral mucosa

black: yellowish-green seen in sclera, soles, and feet

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Pallor

white: pale

black: yellowish-brown: ashen

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Petechiae

White: small and red-purple pinpoints

Black: evident to buccal mucosa of the mouth or sclera; difficult to see

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Rash

White: may be visualized and felt w light palpation

Black: no easily visualized but may be felt w light palpation

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Scar

Scar: narrow scar line

Black: frequently as keloid dev. (thick and raised)