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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. No pulse palpable or heard on ausculation






2. Adolescent






3. Side of wrist






4. By measuring the blood pressure you obtain vital info about what?






5. Prehypertension






6. How does menstrual cycle and pregnancy raise the body's temperature?






7. Healthly adult






8. This affects the character of the pulse.






9. People most at risk for hypertension






10. Enviromental temperature BP?






11. When should rectal temperatures NOT be used?






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






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






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






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






16. Whats the best position to take a rectal temperature?






17. What happens whens vasoconstriction causes peripheral vascular resistance to rise?






18. Stress & emotions. BP?






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






20. Rectal temperature are






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






22. How does external respiration occur?






23. Why would patients experience orthostatic hypotenstion?






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






25. Those at risk for hypothermia include






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






27. Risk for prolonged hypertension






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






29. Heart






30. An example of nursing planning






31. Barely palpable






32. A pattern of breathing in which there is an increase in the rate and the depth of breaths and carbon dioxide is expelled - causing te blood level of carbon dioxide to fall. this condition is seen after sever exertion - during high levels of anxiety o






33. Bend of knee






34. Head injury or any increased intracranial pressure will depress the respiratory center and result in?






35. How do drugs affect pulse?






36. When is apicial pulse used?






37. Absence of breathing






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






39. Newborn






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






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






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






43. The pulse rate multiplied by the stroke volume. This is the amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle in 1 minute. Averaging at about 5mL per minute.






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






45. What affects does aging do to the heart rate?

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






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






48. Louder knocking sound that occurs wit each heartbeat






49. What pulse is checked to determine whether there is any blockage of circulation in the artery up to that point - especially in patients who have had cardiac catherization using the femoral artery for the insertion of the catheter or those who had sur






50. What happens when vasodilation occurs?