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Head, Face, and Eyes
Nursing 315
Question | Answer | |
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Step 1: Inspect and palpate hair | Distribution, color, and texture. | Hair is brown, fine, and evenly distributed. |
Step 2: Inspect and palpate scalp | Color and lesions. | Scalp color consistent with ethnicity, dry, smooth, moveable and without lesions. |
Step 3: Inspect and palpate skull | Size, contour, and symmetry. | Normocephalic. |
Step 4: Inspect face (CN V & VII) | Symmetry, movement, expression, and sensation. | Bilateral symmetry of face with symmetrical facial movements, no involuntary movements, facial expression appropriate to situation. |
Step 6: Inspect eyebrows, eyelids, and eyelashes. | Position, color, symmetry, lesions. | Eyelids symmetrical in alignment and position. Color consistent with complexion. No lesions, edema. |
Step 7: Inspect lacrimal apparatus and conjunctiva. | Patent, color, texture. | Ducts patent, no redness or discharge. Conjunctiva pink, smooth, without inflammation. |
Step 8: Inspect sclera, cornea, lens, iris. | Color, clarity, surface. | Sclera white and intact. Corneas clear, shiny, smooth, no opacities. Iris blue, clear, round bilaterally. |
Step 9: Inspect pupils. | Size, shape, equality, reaction to light, accomodation. | Pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accomodation. (PERRLA) |
Step 10: Corneal light reflex. | Symmetry. | Symmetical corneal light reflex. |
Step 11: Inspect extraocular eye movements (CN III,IV,VI) | Parallel alignment, symmetrical ROM. | Eyes in parallel alignment wit EOMs intact bilaterally. No nystagmus. |
Step 12: Assess fields of peripheral vision. | Confrontation. | Peripheral vision intact. |
Step 13: Visual acuity (CN II) | Snellen eye chart. | Snellen test 20/20 right eye.Snellen test 20/30 left eye. |
Step 5: Inspect globes (CN II,III,IV,VI) | Position and alignment. | Eyes symmetrical in alignment and position. No protrusion noted. |