EQUIPMENT BASIC NURSING

NURSING BASIC INSTRUMENTS

Equipment and instruments are objects or devices developed to facilitate the completion of a task, were designed and manufactured for specific purposes, so they are artifacts with a technical function, which require proper handling, both in conservation cleaning, disinfection or sterilization, according to the request, and in use.

REFLEX HAMMER

It is a percussion instrument, specifically used in the neurological assessment.

The stethoscope and stethoscope

an acoustic device is used to facilitate indirect auscultation of some lung, intestinal, circulatory sound, by intensifying the sounds.

The sphygmomanometer or blood pressure.

the measuring instrument is used to measure blood pressure via a non-invasive method was called indirect measurement of blood pressure.

THE THERMOMETER 

The thermometer is the instrument used in the measurement of body temperature. Thermometers used most often Celsius or centigrade thermometer scale, so markings are visible in the range of 32 º C to 42 º C (degrees Celsius) with subdivisions in tenths of degree and more visible every 0.5 ° C.

THE LANTERN

The lantern is a portable lighting, battery powered or electric batteries. A small flashlight or even a source of light, they become part of the equipment required for the physical evaluation of the individual. Usually flashlight is used to examine the pupillary reaction to light, sinus transillumination practice, assess oropharynx, skin, mucous membranes, among others.