Week 10 Chapter 24

Question 1

How many vital signs are there

Answer 1

5

Question 2

Obsesity

Answer 2

So overweight unable to function

Question 3

Weight and height is what

Answer 3

A good baseline

Question 4

Check height for

Answer 4

Shrinking

Question 5

How to divert pounds to kg

Answer 5

Divide by 2.2

Question 6

What does standardized mean

Answer 6

The same everywhere

Question 7

Best time to weigh client

Answer 7

Morning after voiding before meals

Question 8

If client is immobile you will measure them how

Answer 8

Laying in spine, with measuring tape

Question 9

Vital signs are important why

Answer 9

Regulation of body temperature
Breathing
Heart function

Question 10

The five vital signs

Answer 10

Temperature
Pulse
Respiration
Blood pressure
Oxygen saturation

Question 11

Normal adult tempature

Answer 11

37 degrees Celsius

Question 12

Normal pulse for adult

Answer 12

60-100 beats per minute

Question 13

Normal respiration for adults

Answer 13

12-20 rests per minute

Question 14

Normal blood pressure for adults

Answer 14

120/80 mm hg

Question 15

Normal oxygen level for adults

Answer 15

Greater then 95%

Question 16

Why are vital signs important

Answer 16

Changes in normal body function
Response to treatment
Part of regular client assessment
Often signs of life threatening events

Question 17

Vital signs are measured

Answer 17

After any clinical change or something happens to them

Admission, start of every shift, once a month in long term

Question 18

Main problem in health care right now

Answer 18

Almost running out of respiration antibiotics

Question 19

White coat syndrome

Answer 19

Anxiety when taking vital signs

Question 20

How long should you wait before taking vital signs again

Answer 20

2-5 mins

Question 21

Body temperature

Answer 21

The amount of heat in your body

Question 22

Fever in adults

Answer 22

38 degrees Celsius

Question 23

A fever in elderly

Answer 23

One above baseline

Question 24

What are the most common infections

Answer 24

UTI or respiratory

Question 25

What should you report

Answer 25

Vital signs have changed Vital signs above the normal range Vital signs below the normal range

Question 26

What information should be taken down accurately with vital signs

Answer 26

Clients name Date Time Measurements

Question 27

How to take someone’s fever in tympanic

Answer 27

Pull ear up and back to straighten

Question 28

Normal body temperature for the mouth and name

Answer 28

Oral 37 degree Celsius

Question 29

Normal body temperature for ear and name

Answer 29

Tympanic 37.4 degree Celsius

Question 30

Normal body temperature for underarm and name

Answer 30

Axillary 36.5 degrees Celsius

Question 31

Pulse

Answer 31

Beat of the heart felt at an artery as a wave of blood passes through the artery

Question 32

Sites to take heartbeat

Answer 32

Carotid pulse (neck) Brachial pulse (arm) Radial pulse (wrist)

Question 33

A rapid heart rate

Answer 33

Trachycardia

Question 34

A slow heart rate

Answer 34

Bradycardia

Question 35

Your checking the heart rate for

Answer 35

Rhythm and force

Question 36

How long do you measure a heart rate for

Answer 36

30 seconds then multiply by two Then count respirations

Question 37

Pulse oximeter shows

Answer 37

Pulse rate and oxygen level

Question 38

Spo2

Answer 38

Peripheral capillary oxygen saturation

Question 39

SOB

Answer 39

Shortness of breath

Question 40

SOBOE

Answer 40

Shortness of breath on excretion

Question 41

Hypertension

Answer 41

Greater 140/90

Question 42

Hypotension

Answer 42

90/60 or lower

Question 43

Systole

Answer 43

Heart muscle contracting

Question 44

Diastole

Answer 44

Heart muscle relaxation

Question 45

Systolic pressure

Answer 45

Amount of force needed to pump blood out of the heart Nor,al range between 60 and 90 mm hg

Question 46

Diastolic pressure

Answer 46

Pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest Normal range between 100 and 140 mm Hg

Question 47

How to use a sphygmomanometer

Answer 47

1 inch above artery Two finger tight Aligned Stick probe on other finger

Question 48

What is key

Answer 48

Accuracy

Question 49

Systolic pressure is the

Answer 49

Higher pressure

Question 50

Where should you weigh your clients

Answer 50

On the same scale

Question 51

What pulse is taken during emergancies

Answer 51

Carotid pulse in adults and brachial pulse in infants

Question 52

The first sound is

Answer 52

Systolic pressure