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Measuring Vital Signs

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






2. Inside ankle






3. Stage 2 hypertension






4. An example of nursing planning






5. Hearing






6. 3rd stage of fever?






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






8. Measurement of oxygen






9. Are infants blood pressure low or high?






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






11. How do drugs affect pulse?






12. When should rectal temperatures be used?






13. 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.






14. No pulse palpable or heard on ausculation






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






16. High oxygen






17. When should rectal temperatures NOT be used?






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






19. Barely palpable






20. Elderly respiration






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






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






23. The volume of blood pushed into the aorta per heartbeat.






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






25. Taking a rectal temperature






26. Absence of breathing






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






28. 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






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






30. How should respirations be counted?






31. What happens when vasodilation occurs?






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






33. Bend of knee






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






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

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






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






38. Side of neck






39. How should baby's temperature be taken?






40. Korotkoff sounds Phase I: Tapping






41. Bend of elbow






42. This affects the character of the pulse.






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






44. How does increased body temperature increase the pulse?






45. 2nd stage of fever is?






46. How is pulse best found?






47. Groin area






48. 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.






49. State of insufficient oxygen






50. 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.