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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. Strong and regular ( even beats wit moderate force)






2. When should rectal temperatures be used?






3. Prehypertension






4. Air movemtn causes heat to be transferred from the skin to the air molecules.






5. Head injury BP?






6. Lobes in the lungs?






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






8. Hearing






9. Substances tat cause fever






10. Abnormal - nonmusical sound heard on ausculation of the lungs during inspiration; also called rales. Sound like hair rubbed between the fingers next to the ears.






11. Rectal temperature are






12. Axillary temperature are






13. Top of left foot






14. When the vascular walls lose elasticity - as with arteriosclerosis and aging what happens to BP?






15. Groin area






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






17. Stage 2 hypertension






18. Whisting sound of air forced past a partial obstruction - as found in asthma or emphysema.






19. Korotkoff sounds Ausculatatory gap:






20. Weak and regular (even beats wit poor force)






21. An example of a nursing diagnoses






22. Shock - hemorrhage - low cardiac output - inadequate volume of blood?






23. 1st stage of fever is?






24. The temperature of the deep tissues of the body






25. Average blood pressure should be






26. Are infants blood pressure low or high?






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






28. What happens when vasodilation occurs?






29. High BP






30. The temperature is continuously elevated with less than 1 degree of variation within a 24-hour period.






31. How is shock caused?






32. Shallow for two or three breaths with a period of variable apnea. occur in patients with increased intracranial pressure.

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33. Murmur or swishing sounds that increase as the cuff is deflated






34. People most at risk for hypertension






35. Side of forehead






36. What should you do if you cannot determine BP by ausculation?






37. Enviromental temperature BP?






38. Stage 1 hypertension






39. An example of nursing planning






40. The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs and tissues and is initiated by the act of breathing.






41. What affects does aging do to the respiratory rate?






42. While measuring the BP certain sounds may be heard that relate to the effect of the blood pressure cuff on the arterial wall.






43. The average temperature in the older adult






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






45. A normal - relaxed breathing pattern






46. respirations become faster and deeper - then slower and shallower wit a period of apnea - called the death rattle.






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






48. What are the 5 vital signs?






49. Side of neck






50. Feel