Question

1.You went to the living room of the doctor’s office. Your patient is sitting down, you call her name. So far, you two have made it to the intake room. Contrast the most commonly used way of measuring body temperature versus the most accurate. 2. Lubin Janot, a 75 year-old male, had shingles since last year. However, he has been going to the doctor for the same pain that developed on his rib cage on the right. Any little touch causes moderate to severe pain. Discuss one specific abnormal finding on a skin assessment 3. Teach your classmates about One specific type of nutritional assessment tool.

Answer 1

1.The most commonly used thermometer is digital thermometer.

Regular digital thermometers use electronic heat sensors to record body temperature. These thermometers can be used in the rectum, mouth or armpit.

The pros:

• Most digital thermometers can record temperatures from the mouth, armpit or rectum — often in a minute or less.
• A digital thermometer is appropriate for newborns, infants, children and adults.

The cons:

• Parents may worry about causing discomfort when taking a child's temperature rectally.
• You need to wait 15 minutes after eating or drinking to take an oral temperature. Otherwise, the temperature of your food or drink might affect the thermometer reading.
• It can be difficult for children — or anyone who breathes through the mouth — to keep their mouths closed long enough to get an accurate oral reading.

Mercury thermometer are extremely repeatable and accurate over many years. As long as the glass has not been cracked it will continue to function accurately. And when it stops working accurately, it stops working at all. It becomes obvious that it is not giving you proper temperature reading.It would still work accurately.

Eventhough it is most acurate it is a little time consuming to get the temperature acurately.

Mercury is a deadly poison if it has leaked out when the bulb of the thermometer has been broken

It is prone to breakage

2.Skin Assessment of a Shingles patient

Maculopapular lesions

Skin inflammation occurs when the virus reaches the dermis and epidermis of the affected dermatome.This process of nerve damage and dermal inflammation continues from the neural pathways to the overlying dermis and epidermis, resulting in the development of maculopapular lesions. These lesions quickly morph into vesicles filled with fluid that contains varicella zoster virus itself. When the infection nears the end of its natural course, the fluid-filled vesicles rupture and form crusts or scabs, becoming less contagious.