Exam 7: Vital Signs

The patient has an order to be off the floor for 15 minutes every 2 hours to smoke a cigarette.The patient has just returned from his "cigarette break." The nurse is about to take the patient's temperature orally and should

An inefficient contraction of the heart that fails to transmit a pulse wave to the peripheral pulse site creates ____________.

A person's core temperature is considered the most accurate because it is

The nurse is about to take vital signs on a newborn patient in the nursery.She should

The nurse is about to teach the patient about risk factors for hypertension.Which of the following are risk factors for hypertension? (Select all that apply.)

When evaluating the patient's temperature levels,the nurse expects the patient's temperature to be lower

The nurse takes the patient's temperature using an axillary electronic thermometer.The temperature reading is 36.5 $\degree$ C (97.7 $\degree$ F).The nurse knows that this correlates with

_____________ occurs when the systolic blood pressure falls to 90 mm Hg or below.

During the normal cardiac cycle,blood pressure reaches a peak,followed by a trough,in the cycle.What is the peak known as?

The patient has an order to be off the floor for 15 minutes every 2 hours to smoke a cigarette.The patient has just returned from his "cigarette break." The nurse is about to take the patient's radial pulse and should

What steps should the nurse take to conduct an assessment of a possible pulse deficit?

What is a disadvantage of using the disposable sensor pad for pulse oximetry?

The patient is returning from a cardiac catheterization.The puncture site is in the right femoral artery.The patient is having vital signs assessed every 15 minutes.Along with vital signs,the nurse assesses the pedal pulses of the right and left feet.Which of the following would be of major concern?

An irregular heartbeat,often found in children,that speeds up with inspiration and slows down with expiration is known as a sinus ___________.

When the benefits of the different types of blood pressure monitoring devices are compared,which of the following patients would be the best candidate for noninvasive electronic blood pressure measurement?

The nurse should report an assessment of _____ respirations per minute for a(n)_____.

An appropriate procedure for measurement of an adult's temperature with a tympanic membrane sensor is

The patient is admitted in a near comatose state with a blood glucose level of 42 mmol/L.His respiratory rate is 42 breaths per minute,and his respiratory pattern is deep and regular.What is this type of breathing known as?

The nurse is caring for an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).While taking vital signs,the nurse finds that the baby's heart rate is 195.The nurse calls the physician,knowing that the normal heart rate should be

The nurse is caring for a 2-year-old child who is admitted with croup and crying.To take the child's vital signs,the nurse should