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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. Feel






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






3. Healthly adult






4. High oxygen






5. Risk for prolonged hypertension






6. How does disease increase the body's temperature?






7. Normal body temperature ranges?






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






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






10. Alternating rise and fall of the temperature.






11. Groin area






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






13. Average pulse rate for an adult






14. BP at or lower 90/60.






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






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

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17. 3rd stage of fever?






18. Those at risk for hypothermia include






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






20. 2nd stage of fever is?






21. Stage 2 hypertension






22. Absence of breathing






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






24. 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.






25. Fast - deep respirations with abrupt pauses

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26. Korotkoff sounds Phase I: Tapping






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. State of insufficient oxygen






29. The average temperature in the older adult






30. Bend of knee






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






32. Stress & emotions. BP?






33. Low oxygen






34. Korotkoff sounds Ausculatatory gap:






35. Snoring sound produced when patients are unable to cough up secretions from the trachea or bronchi






36. What happens to the blood if overhydration occurs?






37. When should rectal temperatures NOT be used?






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






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






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






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

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42. When should rectal temperatures be used?






43. Slow and shallow breathing - leads to hypoxemia.






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






45. An example of a nursing diagnoses






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






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






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






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






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