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1
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Heat produced - heat lost

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Body temperature

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Acceptable temp for Fahrenheit

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96.8° F to 100.4° F

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Acceptable temp for Celsius

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36° C to 38° C

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What controls body temp like a thermostat?

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Hypothalamus

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What 5 things regulate body temperature?

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Neural and vascular control
Heat production
Heat loss (radiation, conduction, convection, evaporation)
Skin temperature regulation
Behavioral control
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7 Factors that affect body temperature

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Age
Exercise
Hormone level
Circadian rhythm
Stress
Environment
Temperature alterations
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Heat-loss mechanisms are unable to keep pace with excessive heat production

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Fever (pyrexia)

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Have fever

Do not have fever

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Febrile

Afebrile

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hypothalamus isn’t working correctly

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Hyperthermia

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Acceptable pulse rate

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60-100bpm

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Acceptable respirations

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12-20bpm

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Acceptable blood pressure

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120/80 mm Hg

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Risk for Imbalanced Body Temperature
Hyperthermia
Hypothermia
Ineffective Thermoregulation

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Examples of nursing diagnosis for pt with body temperature alterations

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How to reduce fever (6)

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Antipyretics (meds)
obtain blood cultures
minimize heat production
Maximize heat loss 
increase metabolic rate (oxygen levels)
pt comfort
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When do you want to draw a culture?

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Before starting antibiotics

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Palpable bounding of blood flow noted at various points on the body
The indicator of circulatory status

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Pulse

HR (same thing as pulse)

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Number of pulsing sensations in 1 minute

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Pulse rate

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Electrical impulses

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originate from the sinoatrial (SA) node

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Characteristics of Pulse (4 things)

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Rate (# per minute)
Rhythm (intervals)
Strength (0-4) volume of blood ejected
Equality (compare sides)

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Factors that affect pulse (7 things)

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Exercise
Temperature
Emotions
Medications
Hemorrhage
Postural changes
Pulmonary conditions
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difference b/w peripheral & apical pulses

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pulse deficit

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0
1
2
3
4
strength of pulse is recorded as
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0= absent
 1= weak or thready
2=normal
3 =full or strong
4= bounding
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Sites for pulse (10 sites)

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Temporal
Carotid
Apical
Brachial
Radial
Ulnar
Femoral
Popliteal
Post. tib
Dorsal pedis
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7 things that determine what the pulse will be like

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Activity intolerance

Anxiety

Acute Pain

Decreased cardiac output

Deficient/excess fluid volume

Impaired gas exchange

Ineffective peripheral tissue perfusion

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Movement of gases into and out of the lung.
Ventilation
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Movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide between alveoli and red blood cells.
Diffusion
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Distribution of red blood cells to and from the pulmonary capillaries.
Perfusion
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What is involved with respiration?
Ventilation, Diffusion, Perfusion
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During the mechanics of inspiration what happens?
abdomen moves downward & forward | Chest wall moves up
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During the mechanics of expiration what happens?
diaphragm relaxes abdomen returns to normal position chest wall relaxed position
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When assessing respiration you need to assess
diffusion & perfusion
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Assessing ventilation
Respiratory Rate: breaths/minute Depth: deep, normal, shallow Rhythm: regular/irregular
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Assessment of diffusion & perfusion
Measure: oxygen saturation of blood & arterial oxygen saturation
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8 Factors affecting respiration
``` exercise acute p! anxiety smoking body position medications neurological injury Hemoglobin function ```
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Force exerted on the walls of an artery by pulsing blood under pressure from the heart
BP
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Maximum peak pressure during ventricular contraction, squeezing ventricle to get blood out
Systolic
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Minimal pressure during ventricular relaxation
Diastolic
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Difference between systolic and diastolic pressures
pulse pressure
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Physiology of Arterial BP
``` Cardiac output Peripheral resistance Blood volume Viscosity Elasticity ```
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is the resistance to blood flow determined by the tone of the vascular musculature and diameter of the blood vessels
Peripheral Resistance (PVR)
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8 factors influencing BP
``` Age Stress Ethnicity Gender Daily Variation Meds Activity, weight Smoking ```
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Thickening of walls Loss of elasticity-makes it ridged Family history
Hypertension
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6 Risk factors for hypertension
``` obesity cigarette smoking heavy alcohol consumption high sodium intake sedentary life-style stress ```
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Systolic <90 mm Hg Dilation of arteries Loss of blood volume Decrease of blood flow to vital organs
Hypotension
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Korortkoff phase 1
sharp thump
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Korortkoff phase 2
blowing or whooshing sound
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Korortkoff phase 3
crisp, intense tapping
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Korortkoff phase 4
softer blowing sound that fades
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Korortkoff phase 5
silence
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when do we need to do BP manually? (7 things)
``` Hyper & hypotensive pt irregular HR Peripheral vascular obstructions (clots) Shivering Seizures Excessive tremors Inability to cooperate ```
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Characteristics of pain
Quality Aggravating and precipitating factors Relief measures
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Effects of pain on the patient
Behavioral effects | Influence on activities of daily living (ADLs)
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Concomitant (secondary) symptoms
Usually increases pain severity
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ABCDE of P! assessment
``` Ask Believe Choose Deliver Empower ```
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Type of pain scales
Wong-Baker Faces | Oucher
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Cuff is too small, release to slow
will cause a high reading
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If the arm is low
high reading
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Cuff is too big, above the heart
low reading
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Systolic <90 mm Hg Dilation of arteries Loss of blood volume Decrease of blood flow to vital organs
Hypotension
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The measure of HR & rhythm
Pulse
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Bodys mechanism for exchanging oxygen & carbon dioxide
Respiration
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Core temp sites
``` rectum tympanic membrane temporal artery pulmonary artery esophagus urinary bladder ```
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``` Pulses for infants toddler preschooler school age child adolescent adult ```
``` Infants 120-160 toddler- 90-140 Preschooler- 80-110 School age child- 75-100 Adolescent- 60-90 Adult - 60-100 ```

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