Vital/Signs (up dated)
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| If you note any abnormality or change in any vital sign, it is your responsibility to | show 🗑
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| show | three to five minutes for an oral or rectal temperature.
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| What detects and measures the thermal, infrared energy radiating from blood vessels in the tympanic membrane. | show 🗑
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| show | the mercury can evaporate and create a toxic vapor that can harm both humans and the environment.
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| show | Gloves must be worn
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| A pulse rate below 60 beats per minute is called: | show 🗑
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| Having the forearm rest on the chest makes it easier to: | show 🗑
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| One respiration | show 🗑
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| Count respirations in such a way that the patient is | show 🗑
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| show | a graphic record
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| show | A ruler or straightedge
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| show | An apical pulse
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| show | The earpieces of the stethoscope
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| show | A pulse deficit
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| show | a second person checks the radial pulse.
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| What should be cleaned with alcohol before and after using the stethoscope. | show 🗑
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| show | Hypertension
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| What must always be placed on a flat, level surface or mounted on a wall. | show 🗑
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| show | at least five minutes
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| Who recommends that two separate blood pressure readings be taken and averaged. | show 🗑
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| show | will give inaccurate blood pressure readings
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| Many health care professionals are now regarding the degree of pain as the | show 🗑
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| show | a stroke, kidney disease, and/or heart disease.
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| The measurement of the balance between heat produced and heat lost is ____. | show 🗑
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| The constant state of fluid balance is __ | show 🗑
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| The most accurate method for taking a temperature is ____. | show 🗑
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| Which of the following does not lead to increased body temperature? a. illness or infection, b. exercise, c. starvation or fasting, d. excitement | show 🗑
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| Before a thermometer is used, it should be soaked in a disinfectant for a minimum of ____. | show 🗑
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| A pulse site at the neck is the ____. | show 🗑
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| show | rhythm
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| show | tachycardia
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| show | apical pulse
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| show | dyspnea
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| Cheyne-Stokes respiration describes periods of ____. | show 🗑
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| show | It provides a visual diagram of variations in a person’s vital signs.
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| Heart sounds are caused by ____. | show 🗑
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| show | diastolic
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| A factor that does not increase blood pressure is ____. | show 🗑
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| Another term for fever is ____. | show 🗑
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| show | wheezing
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| 97.6 to 99.6°F or 36.5 to 37.5°C | show 🗑
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| 98.6 to 100.6°F or 37 to 38.1°C | show 🗑
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| show | Normal range for axillary or groin temperature
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| show | 60 to 90 beats per minute
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| Three factors must be noted about the pulse? | show 🗑
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| show | 14 to 18 (or 12 to 20) breaths per minute
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| show | 60 to 90 mm of mercury
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| show | 100 to 140 mm of mercury
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| show | factors that may decrease blood pressure.
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| show | possible causes of hypertension.
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| What type of thermometer records the aural temperature in the ear? | show 🗑
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| A temporal temperature is similar to a rectal temperature because it measures: | show 🗑
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| Prehypertension occurs when | show 🗑
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| The correct way to measure blood pressure is | show 🗑
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| show | report the reading to the patient's nurse
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| show | temperature
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| show | 16 year old receiving his annual physical exam
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| A patient with tachcardia MOST likely has a/an: a. elevated temperature, b. elevated blood pressure, c. fast pulse, d. increased respiratory rate | show 🗑
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| show | axillary
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| Which is considered to be an elevated temperature? a. aural 37.2C, b. axillary 38.4 C, c. oral 37C, d. rectal 37.8C | show 🗑
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| Pulse rates are commonly measured at which site? a. apical, b. brachial, c. carotid, d. radial | show 🗑
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| What is the respiratory rate of a patient who is observed to have 16 inspirations and 16 expirations? | show 🗑
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| In a blood pressure measure measurement of 132/86, the number 86 is the: | show 🗑
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| show | introduce your self
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| In order to avoid errors, whose approved list of abbreviations should you use when documenting vital signs? | show 🗑
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| show | higher pulse, higher respirations
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| show | respirations
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| Which thermometer requires it be "shaken down"? | show 🗑
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| In which procedure is lubricant required? | show 🗑
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| A febrile patient will exhibit a/an: | show 🗑
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| show | the thumb has a pulse and can be confused with the patient's pulse
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| The bladder of a blood pressure cuff needs to cover what percent of the length of the upper arm? | show 🗑
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