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Measuring Vital Signs

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1. How does external respiration occur?






2. Taking a rectal temperature






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






4. Abrupt decline in fever






5. 3rd stage of fever?






6. Pulse above 100 beats per minute






7. An example of a nursing diagnoses






8. Measurement of oxygen






9. Top of left foot






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






11. Korotkoff sounds Phase I: Tapping






12. 3 yr old






13. 1st stage of fever is?






14. Average blood pressure should be






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






16. Side of neck






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






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






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






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






21. Are infants blood pressure low or high?






22. State of insufficient oxygen






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






24. Absence of breathing






25. 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






26. Bend of knee






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






28. 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.






29. Healthly adult






30. Taking axillary temperature






31. People most at risk for hypertension






32. 2nd stage of fever is?






33. Axillary temperature are






34. While measuring the BP certain sounds may be heard that relate to the effect of the blood pressure cuff on the arterial wall.






35. No pulse palpable or heard on ausculation






36. When is apicial pulse used?






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






38. Excessive sweat production






39. Stress & emotions. BP?






40. 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.






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






42. Symptoms of hypoxia






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






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






45. Groin area






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






47. Newborn






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






49. Diurnal variation BP?






50. Bend of elbow






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