Focused assessment nursing

👁️ PERRLA Explained 🔍 Pupils Equal: Both pupils should be the same size. 🔍 Round: Pupils should be perfectly round. 🔍 Reactive to Light: Pupils constrict when exposed to light and dilate in the dark. 🔍 Accommodation: Pupils constrict when focusing on a near object and dilate when looking at a distant object. This quick check can reveal a lot about a patient's brain function, and any abnormalities can be a sign of neurological distress.

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An RN breaks down the difference between two common assessments: head-to-toe nursing assessments and focused, when you would use each, and what to look for.

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My clinical instructor is checking our head to to assessments tomorrow so I did a little refresher, also made this to take with me

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