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Clinical Final Exam
Chapter 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accomodation | The adjustment of the eye to various distances |
| Aural | Pertaining to the ear |
| Conduction | Heat transfer by direct contact through fluids, solids, or other substances |
| Convection | Heat transfer by air |
| Diaphoresis | Profuse sweating |
| Diastole | The relaxation phase of the heart muscle; lowest reading of the blood pressure |
| Mallignant Hypertension | Rapidly developing severe elevation of blood pressure, often fatal |
| Mensuration | Measurement |
| Percussion | Examination consisting of tapping the fingertips lightly but sharply against the body to assess the size and location of underlying organs |
| Rhythm | Time interval between pulses or breaths |
| What is the normal oral temp range? | 97.6 - 99.6 |
| A normal oral temperature is | 98.6 |
| What is the normal rectal temp range | 98.6-100.6 |
| A normal rectal temp is? | 99.6 |
| What is the normal axillary temp range? | 96.6- 98.6 |
| A normal axillary temp is? | 97.6 |
| Vital signs establishes what? | A baseline value for present and future medical assessment and treatment. |
| When is body temperature generally lower | In the morning before activity |
| What does an elevated fever often indicate? | Infection in the body that may or may not need antibiotic therapy |
| Breathing is regulated by the __________ ? | Medulla Oblongata |
| Heat is lost through the skin by? | Conduction |
| T/F - Temp is the measurement of body heat produced and lost during metabolism, respiration, elimination and enviromental fluctation. | True |
| What is the FOWLER' Position? | Sitting erect with the legs extended in front and the back rest at a 90* angle |
| What is the Semi-Fowler's position? | Siiting on table with legs extended and the back rest at 45* |
| What is Dorsal Recumbent | Lying flat on the back with knees bent and feet flat on the table. |
| What is the Trendlenburg? | Lying flat on back with the head lower than the feet. |
| What is Jack Knife | Lying with the abdomen on the table, the knees on the table step, and the buttocks extended. |
| When positioning the patient what are some factors to consider? | ROM - PT COMFORT - Length of time the position must be maintatined |
| For a Pelvic examination, Pap Smear, what position is the patient placed in? | Sitting - Supine - Dorsal Recumbent-Lithotomy Position |
| If a patient is experiencing SOB what position should they be placed in? | Fowler's Position |
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