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Vital Signs
Nursing Test #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Radiation | loss of heat via exposure to a cold enviroment |
| conduction | transfer of heat from one object to another |
| convection | loss of heat to air currents |
| evaporation | heat loss as water is transformed to gas |
| Normal Pulse Rate | 60-100 beats per minute for an adult |
| Tachycardia | 100+ beats per minute pulse rate for adult |
| bradycardia | below 60 beats per minute rate for an adult |
| Internal Respiration | the use of oxygen, the production of carbon dioxide, and the exchange of O2 and CO2 between the cells and the blood |
| External Respiration | taking O2 into the body and eliminating CO2 from the body |
| Normal Respiration Rate | 12-20 breaths for adults 30-60 for infants |
| Tachypnea | breath rate above 20 for adults |
| Bradypnea | breath rate below 12 for adults |
| Apnea | absence of respiration |
| Dyspnea | respirations that require excessive effort |
| Eupnea | normal breathing rythym and depth |
| Biot’s – Ataxic breathing | shallow breathing with periods of apnea |
| Cheyne-Stokes | increase breathing with periods of apnea |
| Kussmaul | increased rate (above 20) & depth of breathing |
| blood pressure | Force that blood exerts against the walls of the blood vessels |
| systole | contraction of the heart muscles, especially the ventricles |
| diastole | after the contraction of the heart muscle…when the chambers are filling back up with blood |
| pulse pressure | the difference between systolic and diastolic |
| stroke volume | the amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle |
| cardiac output | Stroke Volume xHeart Rate = output of blood by the heart per 1 minute…average 5.5 L/min |
| average caridac output | 5.5 L/min |
| normal blood pressure | 100/60-120/80 blood pressure |
| Prehypertension | 120/80 - 139/89 blood pressure |
| Hypertension | greater than 140/90 blood pressure |
| hypotension | less than 100/60 blood pressure |
| oxygen saturation | amount of axygen in your blood |
| oxygen saturation normal reading | 95% or greater amount of oxygen in you |
| oxygen saturation abnormal reading | 93% or below amount of oxygen in you |
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