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Tech enthusiasts and nurse aspirants, this is the third batch of the most important Nursing signs that every nurse and Nursing student should know. With this list, you will become more acquainted with some Nursing terms that are frequently used in school and also in the hospital setting. Read on!

1. Obturator sign – pain upon internal rotation of right ankle while leg is flexed, indicative of appendicitis
2. “mask-like fascies” – facial expressions in Parkinson’s disease
3. Cogwheel rigidity, lead pipe rigidity – in Parkinson’s disease
4. Brushfield spots – pinpoint white dots at the iris; in Down syndrome (refer to the picture)
5. Itchy, burning sensation with or curd-like creamy cheese-like discharge – candidiasis
6. Greenish-yellow discharge – gonorrhea
7. Profuse, bubbly white discharge – trichomoniasis (with petechial spots)
8. Pinpoint vesicles on erythematous vulva – herpes simplex II
9. “blue-berry muffin lesions on newborn” – sign of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in pregnant women
10. Erythema chronicum migrans (macular lesions with clear centers) – present in Lyme disease, a viral disease common to infect pregnant women
11. Yellow-gray, frothy, odorous discharge – trichomoniasis
12. Gray discharge with frothy odor – bacterial vaginosis
13. Gray-white discharge – Chlamydia
14. Painless ulcer (chancre) on vulva – syphilis
15. Cauliflower-like lesions – human papilloma virus (HPV)
16. “skip lesions” – Chron’s disease
17. Couvelaire uterus (board-like) – manifests in abruptio placenta
18. Trendelenburg sign – lurching toward affected side in hip dysplasia
19. Galeazzi’s sign – shortening of femur (hip dysplasia)
20. Ortolani’s sign – “clunk” sound of the femoral head striking the shallow acetabulum, indicative of hip subluxation

Keep posted for the fourth batch of the most important Nursing signs to remember only here in this tech site.