What should be evaluated during a well-child visit?

Head circumference, weight, length, chest circumference

What system of measurement should an infant/child weight and length be recorded?

Pounds, kilograms and centimeters

Understand use of growth chart and reporting percentiles:

Practice the readings of length, weight, head circumference, chest circumference and plotting on a growth chart.

The degree of internal heat of a person’s body

Questions to ask the patient before taking temperature

Have you had anything cold or hot drinks or foods recently?

Types of thermometers

Digital/ electronic thermometers, disposal, Tympanic, oral, axillary, rectal

What affects body temperature

Your age, sex, time of the day, activity level

Normal temperature range (adult)

Oral: 97.0 F- 99.0F/ 36.1c-37.2c Tympanic: 96.4 F- 100.4 F/ 35.8C-38.0C Temporal: 97.8 F-100.4 F/ 36.6c-38.0 C Rectal: 97.8 F-100.0 F/ 36.6C-38.0C Axillary: 97.8 f- 99.0F/ 36.5c-37.5C

Measured as number of times the heart beats in 1 minute

Know all the pulse sites

Temporal artery, carotid artery, brachial artery, radial artery, femoral artery, popliteal artery, posterior tibial artery, dorsalis pedis artery

Infant pulse sites (describe the procedure for apical pulse)

Brachial, apical, using a stethoscope, auscultate pulse at the apex of the heart at 5th inter coastal mid clavicular line

Normal range for adult pulse

60-100 BPM, below 60 can be consider normal for athletes

Characteristics of pulse

Rate, rhythm, volume, force, tension, form, equality, condition of arterial wall.

Force at which blood pumped against the walls of the artery

Normal range for adults

Systolic: 110-130 Diastolic: 65-80. Systolic below 140, Diastolic 90.

1 inhale + 1 exhale= 1 respiration. RPM- Respiration per minute Normal range adult: 12-20, 16-20

Guidelines for checking respirations on an infant

A rate of between 40& 60 breaths per minute is considered normal. Count respirations rate for 1 full minute (60 seconds). While observing the rise and fall of the abdomen.

Abnormally fast/rapid. Greater than 100

Abnormally slow pulse. Less than 60

When the force of the blood flowing through your blood vessels is consistently too high. Blood pressure greater than 139/89

Low blood pressure, is not generally a chronic health problem. Blood pressure less than 90/60

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CLO- Vital signs

Question	Answer
What is mensuration?	Measurement of a body part
What should be evaluated during a well-child visit?	Head circumference, weight, length, chest circumference
What system of measurement should an infant/child weight and length be recorded?	Pounds, kilograms and centimeters
Understand use of growth chart and reporting percentiles:	Practice the readings of length, weight, head circumference, chest circumference and plotting on a growth chart.
Temperature	The degree of internal heat of a person’s body
Questions to ask the patient before taking temperature	Have you had anything cold or hot drinks or foods recently?
Types of thermometers	Digital/ electronic thermometers, disposal, Tympanic, oral, axillary, rectal
What affects body temperature	Your age, sex, time of the day, activity level
Normal temperature range (adult)	Oral: 97.0 F- 99.0F/ 36.1c-37.2c Tympanic: 96.4 F- 100.4 F/ 35.8C-38.0C Temporal: 97.8 F-100.4 F/ 36.6c-38.0 C Rectal: 97.8 F-100.0 F/ 36.6C-38.0C Axillary: 97.8 f- 99.0F/ 36.5c-37.5C
Pulse	Measured as number of times the heart beats in 1 minute
Know all the pulse sites	Temporal artery, carotid artery, brachial artery, radial artery, femoral artery, popliteal artery, posterior tibial artery, dorsalis pedis artery
Pulse site for adults	Wrist/ radial
Infant pulse sites (describe the procedure for apical pulse)	Brachial, apical, using a stethoscope, auscultate pulse at the apex of the heart at 5th inter coastal mid clavicular line
Normal range for adult pulse	60-100 BPM, below 60 can be consider normal for athletes
Characteristics of pulse	Rate, rhythm, volume, force, tension, form, equality, condition of arterial wall.
Blood pressure	Force at which blood pumped against the walls of the artery
Instruments used for blood pressure	Stethoscope & sphygmomanometer
Normal range for adults	Systolic: 110-130 Diastolic: 65-80. Systolic below 140, Diastolic 90.
Respiration	1 inhale + 1 exhale= 1 respiration. RPM- Respiration per minute Normal range adult: 12-20, 16-20
Guidelines for checking respirations on an infant	A rate of between 40& 60 breaths per minute is considered normal. Count respirations rate for 1 full minute (60 seconds). While observing the rise and fall of the abdomen.
Tachycardia	Abnormally fast/rapid. Greater than 100
Bradycardia	Abnormally slow pulse. Less than 60
Tachypnea	Rapid breathing
Hypertension	When the force of the blood flowing through your blood vessels is consistently too high. Blood pressure greater than 139/89
Hypotension	Low blood pressure, is not generally a chronic health problem. Blood pressure less than 90/60

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