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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. 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






2. Head injury BP?






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






4. Difference between the apical and radial pulse - this requires two people to count the radial and apicial pulses at the same time to determine whether there is a what?






5. The temperature falls to normal and then rises again in a repeating pattern.






6. Axillary temperature are






7. If blood becomes thicker - like when excessive blood cells are manufactured what happens to BP?






8. Risk for prolonged hypertension






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

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10. The lower pressure exerted on the artery when the heart is at rest inbetween contractions.






11. Elevated temperature






12. This affects the character of the pulse.






13. When warm skin touches a cool object - heat is lost to the object.






14. State of insufficient oxygen






15. Measurement of oxygen






16. Absence of breathing






17. Decreased levels of oxygen in the blood - often seen in patients wo are under medical sedation - who are recovering from anesthesia or abdominal surgery - or who are in a weak or debiliated condition.






18. An example of a nursing diagnoses






19. Groin area






20. How should baby's temperature be taken?






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






22. Symptoms of hypoxia






23. 1st stage of fever is?






24. Diurnal variation BP?






25. Drop in blood pressure when arising to a standing position.






26. Gas exchange in the blood occurs where?






27. 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.






28. Korotkoff sounds Ausculatatory gap:






29. If the cardiac output falls what will happen to the BP?






30. High BP






31. Abrupt decline in fever






32. How do emotions increase the pulse rate?






33. Normal body temperature ranges?






34. How does age affect pulse?






35. Taking a rectal temperature






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






37. How does emotional stress raise the body's temperature?






38. Louder knocking sound that occurs wit each heartbeat






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






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






41. How is pulse best found?






42. BP at or lower 90/60.






43. The difference between the systolic pressure and the diastolic pressure






44. A normal - relaxed breathing pattern






45. Prehypertension






46. How does external respiration occur?






47. Low oxygen






48. 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.






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






50. 3 yr old