Exam 5: Vital Signs

When inserting a rectal thermometer,the nurse encounters resistance.The nurse should:

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

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

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:

The nurse is about to take a patient's blood pressure.Which of the following conditions would cause the nurse to obtain a false high reading?

The patient has been sleeping and has been lying on his right side.The nurse is ready to take his temperature using a tympanic thermometer.She needs to insert the thermometer into his ___________ ear.

When heat loss mechanisms are unable to keep pace with heat production,____________ is the result.

The percent to which hemoglobin is filled with oxygen is known as _________________.

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

After applying the sphygmomanometer to the patient's upper arm,the nurse inflates the cuff to the proper level,and then,using a stethoscope,listens for the __________________ sounds.

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:

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

To take a manual blood pressure,the nurse places the cuff of the _____________ around the patient's upper arm.

The patient is admitted in a near comatose state with a blood glucose level of 750.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 taking a rectal temperature on an adult patient.She expects to insert the thermometer __________ inches.

Which site is used to auscultate blood pressure?

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?

An appropriate method of assessing a patient's respirations is for the nurse to:

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

The patient is brought to the emergency department complaining of severe shortness of breath.She is cyanotic and her extremities are cold.In an attempt to quickly assess the patient's respiratory status,the nurse should: