Vital signs

Question 1

What are the different vital signs?

Answer 1

Temperature, Pulse, Respirations, Blood Pressure, and Pain

Question 2

Provide data that reflect the status of several body systems, including but not limited to cardiovascular, neurologic, peripheral vascular and respiratory systems?

Answer 2

Vital Signs

Question 3

Two types of body temperature?

Answer 3

Core and Skin Temperature

Question 4

May be seen in prolonged exposure to the cold?

Answer 4

Hypothermia

Question 5

May be seen in viral or bacterial infection, malignancies, trauma and various blood, endocrine, immune system disorders.

Answer 5

Hyperthermia

Question 6

A shock wave is produced when the heart contracts and forcefully pumps blood out of the ventricles into the aorta?

Answer 6

Pulse

Question 7

The shock wave travels along the fibers of the arteries and is commonly called the _______?

Answer 7

Arterial Pulse or Peripheral Pulse

Question 8

Notable Characteristics of respiration are?

Answer 8

Rate, Rhythm, and Depth

Question 9

Reflects the pressure exerted on the walls of the arteries?

Answer 9

Blood Pressure

Question 10

Ventricles are contracted?

Answer 10

Systolic Blood Pressure

Question 11

Ventricles are relaxed?

Answer 11

Diastolic Blood Pressure

Question 12

Is expressed as the ratio of the systolic pressure over the diastolic pressure?

Answer 12

Blood Pressure

Question 13

A client’s blood pressure is affected by several factors?

Answer 13

*Cardiac Output
*Elasticity of the arteries
*Blood volume
*Blood velocity (heart rate)
*Blood Viscosity (Thickness)

Question 14

The more blood the heart pumps, the greater the pressure in the blood vessels?

Answer 14

Cardiac Output

Question 15

An increase in resistance in the peripheral vascular system, as it happens with people who have circulatory disorders, will increase blood pressure?

Answer 15

Peripheral Vascular Resistance

Question 16

An increase in volume will increase blood pressure. A sudden drop in blood pressure may indicate a sudden blood loss, as with internal bleeding?

Answer 16

Circulatory Blood Volume

Question 17

When the blood becomes thicker or more viscous (as with polycythemia), the blood pressure in the blood vessels will increase?

Answer 17

Viscosity

Question 18

An increase in stiffness of the blood vessel walls?

Answer 18

Elasticity of Vessel Walls

Question 19

The difference between systolic and diastolic pressure is termed as ____?

Answer 19

Pulse Pressure

Question 20

When pain is present identify it’s ________?

Answer 20

Location
Intensity
Quality
Duration
Alleviating Factors

Question 21

Pain quality may be described as ______?

Answer 21

Dull
Sharp
Radiating
Throbbing

Question 22

COLDSPA meaning in assessing pain?

Answer 22

Character
Onset
Location
Duration
Severity
Pattern
Associated Factors

Question 23

An alteration in heartbeat felt by a patient is called____?

Answer 23

Palpitation

Question 24

Can be caused by various circumstances, including sinoatrial node dysfunction, thyroid dysfunction, medication reaction, or alteration in fluid volume?

Answer 24

Palpitation

Question 25

Difficulty of breathing?

Answer 25

Dyspnea

Question 26

Measure pulse and blood pressure when unable to measure by manual methods?

Answer 26

Doppler

Question 27

Signs of malnutrition?

Answer 27

Edema, Muscle wasting, and Loss or Subcutaneous Fat

Question 28

Decreased height and delayed puberty, with chubbiness, are seen in ______?

Answer 28

Hypopituitary dwarfism

Question 29

Skeletal malformations with a decrease in height are seen in?

Answer 29

Achondroplastic dwarfism

Question 30

Overgrowth of bones in the face, head, hands, and feet with normal height is seen in?

Answer 30

Hyperpituitarism

Question 31

Extreme weight loss is seen in?

Answer 31

Anorexia Nervosa

Question 32

Arm Span is greater than height, and pubis to sole measurement exceeds pubis to crown measurement is seen in?

Answer 32

Marfan Syndrome

Question 33

Excessive body fat that is evenly distributed is referred to as____?

Answer 33

Exogenous obesity

Question 34

Central body weight gain with excessive cervical obesity also referred to as ______?

Answer 34

Endogenous obesity

Question 35

Curvatures of the spine?

Answer 35

Lordosis Scoliosis Kyphosis

Question 36

Stiff rigid movements are common in ____?

Answer 36

Arthritis or Parkinson Disease

Question 37

Slump shoulders may signify ______?

Answer 37

Depression, osteoporosis, kyphosis, Compression fracture

Question 38

In older adults osteoporotic thinning and collapse of the vertebrae secondary to bone loss may result in?

Answer 38

Kyphosis

Question 39

Temporal Temperature?

Answer 39

36.3°C - 37.9°C

Question 40

Tympanic temperature?

Answer 40

36.7°C - 38.3°C

Question 41

Rectal Temperature?

Answer 41

36.3°C - 37.9°C

Question 42

Oral temperature?

Answer 42

35.9°C - 37.5°C

Question 43

Axillary temperature?

Answer 43

35.4°C - 37.0°C

Question 44

Is a rate more than 100 beats/minute. May occur with fever, certain medication, and other abnormal states, such as cardiac dysrhythmia?

Answer 44

Tachycardia

Question 45

Is a rate below 60 beats per minute. Sitting or standing for long periods may cause the blood to pull and decrease the pulse rate?

Answer 45

Bradycardia

Question 46

Respiration less than 8-12 Breaths/mins?

Answer 46

Bradypnea

Question 47

Results from slow shallow breaths that may be seen with sedation or increase intracranial pressure?

Answer 47

Hypoventilation

Question 48

Is an absence of respiration for more than 10 seconds?

Answer 48

Apnea

Question 49

Respiration more than 24 breaths per minutes are seen with exercise fever anxiety or anemia?

Answer 49

Tachypnea

Question 50

Is rapid deep breaths that may be seen in metabolic acidosis hypoxia anxiety or exercise?

Answer 50

Hyperventilation

Question 51

Describes difficult or labored respiration?

Answer 51

Dyspnea

Question 52

Oxygen saturation less than 92%?

Answer 52

Hypoxia

Question 53

Oxygen saturation more than 99%?

Answer 53

Hyperoxemia

Question 54

A drop of 20 mmhg or more from the recorded sitting blood pressure may indicate _____?

Answer 54

Orthostatic hypotension

Question 55

Systolic pressure over 130 mmhg but diastolic pressure under 80 mmhg is called _____?

Answer 55

Isolated Systolic Hypertension

Question 56

Normal blood pressure?

Answer 56

120/80 mmHg

Question 57

These problems are worded as Risk for Complication?

Answer 57

*Hypertension *Hypotension *Dysrhythmias *Hyperthermia *Hypothermia

Question 58

The affected client shows the characteristic overgrowth of bones in the face, head, and hands?

Answer 58

Acromegaly

Question 59

The client shows the emaciated appearance that follows self starvation and accompanying extreme weight loss?

Answer 59

Anorexia Nervosa

Question 60

Is defined as having an excessive amount of body fat?

Answer 60

Obesity

Question 61

The Elongated fingers are characteristics of this condition?

Answer 61

Marfan Syndrome

Question 62

The affected client reflects the centralized weight gain?

Answer 62

Cushing Syndrome