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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. Stage 2 hypertension






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






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






4. Enviromental temperature BP?






5. Alternating rise and fall of the temperature.






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






7. What are the 5 vital signs?






8. Adolescent






9. Side of neck






10. Inside ankle






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






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






13. An example of a nursing diagnoses






14. Absence of breathing






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






16. Diurnal variation BP?






17. Slow and shallow breathing - leads to hypoxemia.






18. How do you measure the apical pulse?






19. Side of forehead






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






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






22. 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?






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






24. 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






25. Lobes in the lungs?






26. Bend of elbow






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






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






29. 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






30. Continuous dry - rattling sounds heard on ausculation of the lungs caused by partial obstruction.






31. Elderly respiration






32. Increased or rapid breathing results from te presence of fever and a number or diseases. breathing rate increased about 4 breaths for each degree increase in temperature.






33. Substances tat cause fever






34. Both strong and weak beats occur within 1 minute






35. Elevated temperature






36. Sex BP?






37. People most at risk for hypertension






38. Those at risk for hypothermia include






39. Taking axillary temperature






40. Barely palpable






41. Korotkoff sounds Phase I: Tapping






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






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

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44. Does the respiration rate increase or decrease during fever?






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






46. Obtaining the correct size for a cuff for BP?






47. BP at or lower 90/60.






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






49. 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.






50. Gas exchange in the blood occurs where?







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