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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. Rectal temperature are






2. Groin area






3. Side of neck






4. Breathing is an involuntary automatic function controlled by the respiratory center located where?






5. Difficult and labored breathing - can often be accompanied by flared nostrils - anxious appearance - and statements such as I cant get enough air.






6. Side of forehead






7. Subnormal body temperature the regulating center in the hypothalamus is greatly impaired when the temperature of the body falls below 94 degrees - at that point? sleepiness and coma are apt to develop.






8. How do you measure the apical pulse?






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






10. Enviromental temperature BP?






11. Pulse lower than 60 beats per minute






12. Encourage a large fluid intake - lower room temperature - increase air circulation - remove items of clothes - control or reduce the amount of body activity - carry out physicians orders






13. Gradual return to a normal temperature






14. Absence of breathing






15. Crowing sound on inspiration caused by obstruction of the upper air passages - as occurs in croup or laryngitis






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






17. Bend of knee






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






19. The rate at which heat is produced when the body is at rest.






20. Heat is lost from the body by evaporation. resulting in a daily loss of 800mL of water from skin and lungs.






21. Substances tat cause fever






22. How is pulse best found?






23. Axillary temperature are






24. An example of a nursing diagnoses






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






26. Carbon dioxide is carried as bicarbonate ion in the blood until it reaches where?






27. Healthly adult






28. Alternating rise and fall of the temperature.






29. No pulse palpable or heard on ausculation






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






31. What happens to the blood if overhydration occurs?






32. A high temperature falls - usually in the morning - and again rises later in the day. The temperature never fails to normal in this type of fever until recovery occurs.






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






34. A sudden change or muffling of the sound. (indicates diastolic pressure in children and some adults)






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






36. Top of left foot






37. How is shock caused?






38. How should respirations be counted?






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






40. Slow and shallow breathing - leads to hypoxemia.






41. Louder knocking sound that occurs wit each heartbeat






42. When should rectal temperatures NOT be used?






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






44. How does size affect pulse?






45. Fever above 100.2 F






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






47. Side of wrist






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






49. Irregular pulse - a period of normal rhythm broken by periods of irregularity or skipped beats.






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