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cna4&5
vocab chapters 4 & 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| making rounds | visit each resident briefly and see if they have any immediate needs |
| planning involves | what you are doing, when you are going to do it, and how you are going to do it. |
| procrastination | putting off something until some other time |
| objective observation | facts observed |
| subjective observation | judgments based on personal feelings |
| principals of charting | entries signed with first initial, last name, and title. if an error is made, draw a line through it and make a notation |
| pounds in a kilogram | 2.2 |
| TPR | Temperature Pulse Respiration |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| normal adult temperature | 98.6 degrees F |
| factors that increase body temperature | infection, shivering, physical activity & exercise, warmer external environment, and dehydration |
| factors that decrease body temperature | shock, colder external environment, age, drugs like aspirin and acetaminophen |
| oral | in mouth |
| rectal | in rectum |
| axillary | armpit |
| pulse | how fast the heart is beating |
| apical pulse | measurement of beats in the apex of the heart |
| respiration | process of inhaling and exhaling |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| metastasize | cancer spreading to other parts of the body through blood and lymphatic vessels |
| T.E.E.N.S. | Tongue, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Skin |