Exam 5: Vital Signs

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.)

The nurse takes the patient's temperature using a tympanic electronic thermometer.The temperature reading is 36.5º C (97.7º F).The nurse knows that this correlates to:

The patient is complaining of a severe headache.The nurse takes the patient's blood pressure and finds it to be 240/110.The pulse pressure then is:

The nurse notices that the patient has an irregular pulse.She assesses the patient for a pulse deficit and finds it to be significant.The nurse should:

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

The patient is an 86-year-old woman who is being admitted for dehydration and pneumonia.The patient is lying in bed but tells the nurse that she needs to go to the bathroom.The nurse tells the patient that she will stay with her and will help her get there.The patient states,"That's OK.I can make it on my own." The nurse should:

The nurse is about to take a patient's blood pressure.Which of the following conditions would cause the nurse to obtain a falsely high reading? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse should report an assessment of:

The site used to auscultate blood pressure is the: