Nursing Care Plan for Scoliosis : Nursing Assessment for Scoliosis
The physical examination includes:
a. Assessing the body's skeletal
The presence of deformity and alignment. Abnormal bone growth due to bone tumors. Shortening of the extremities, amputation and body parts that are not in anatomic alignment. Abnormal angulation of the long bones or motion at a point other than the joints usually indicate a fracture.
b. Assessing the spine
Scoliosis (lateral curvature of the spine deviation)
c. Assessing the joint system
Extensive movement are evaluated either actively or passively, deformity, stability, and bruising, stiffness of joints.
d. Assessing the muscle system
The ability to change position, muscle strength and coordination, and the size of each limb to mementau otot.Lingkar edema or atropfi, muscle pain.
e. Examine how to walk
The existence of irregular movements are not considered normal. If one limb shorter than the others. A variety of neurological conditions associated with abnormal gait (eg walking spastic hemiparesis - stroke, how to go step by step - lower motor neuron disease, how to walk vibrate - Parkinson's disease).
f. Examine the skin and peripheral circulation
Palpation of the skin may indicate a yanglebih temperature hotter or colder than others and adanyaedema. Peripheral circulation was evaluated by assessing peripheral pulses, color, temperature and capillary refill time.
Analysis of data
Subjektif Data :
- Back pain patients say
- Patients said fatigue in the spine after sitting or standing for long
- Patients say trouble breathing
Objective Data :
- That looks are not the same shoulder height
- Visible protrusion of the scapula is not the same
- Looks are not the same hip
