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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. How should baby's temperature be taken?






2. Increased rate and depth with panting and long grunting exhalation. Often seen with patients with acidosis and renal failure.

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3. What happens when vasodilation occurs?






4. Those at risk for hypothermia include






5. What patients should not use a glass thermometer orally?






6. Fever above 100.2 F






7. 2nd stage of fever is?






8. Barely palpable






9. What will happen in febrile stage if temperature is very high or temperature stays for a long amount of time?






10. Pulse lower than 60 beats per minute






11. How do you measure the apical pulse?






12. Risk for prolonged hypertension






13. Bend of knee






14. Rectal temperature are






15. How does physical exercise raise the body's temperature?






16. An example of nursing planning






17. BP at or lower 90/60.






18. When should rectal temperatures be used?






19. right arm vs. left arm/ arm vs. leg BP?






20. Disappearance of sound. (marks diastolic pressure in adults)






21. Blood pressure for any adult should be no higher than






22. The volume of blood pushed into the aorta per heartbeat.






23. Continuous dry - rattling sounds heard on ausculation of the lungs caused by partial obstruction.






24. What characteristics should be noted when checking the pulse?






25. This affects the character of the pulse.






26. Are infants blood pressure low or high?






27. How does external respiration occur?






28. When the heart contracts How many mLs of blood is propelled into the aorta?






29. A normal - relaxed breathing pattern






30. What are the 5 vital signs?






31. High BP






32. 3rd stage of fever?






33. Full and bounding (even beats wit strong force)






34. Sex BP?






35. Prehypertension






36. What affects does aging do to the blood pressure?






37. Normal body temperature ranges?






38. Macine that measures oxygen in the blood by determining the percentage of hemoglobin that is bound with oxygen.






39. How cardiac contractions are normally initiated by the electrical impules emerging from what?






40. How should respirations be counted?






41. The average temperature in the older adult






42. Stage 2 hypertension






43. Slow and shallow breathing - leads to hypoxemia.






44. Inside ankle






45. Low oxygen






46. The pressure wave causing te arterial walls in the vascular system each time the heart contracts to force blood into an already full aorta.






47. Side of wrist






48. Obtaining the correct size for a cuff for BP?






49. Newborn






50. Fast - deep respirations with abrupt pauses

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