MEASUREMENT OF VITAL SIGNS/PATIENT PREPARATION

Question 1

vital signs

Answer 1

temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure. Abbreviated TPR and BP and may also be called cardinal signs.

Question 2

anthropometric measurements

Answer 2

height, weight, BMI, body fat composition, and head and chest circumference

Question 3

apnea

Answer 3

absence of respirations

Question 4

arrythmia

Answer 4

irregular heart rate

Question 5

bradycardia

Answer 5

heart rate less than normal

Question 6

tachycardia

Answer 6

heart rate above normal

Question 7

bradypnea

Answer 7

respirations less than normal

Question 8

tachypnea

Answer 8

respiratory rate above normal

Question 9

dyspnea

Answer 9

difficult breathing

Question 10

febrile

Answer 10

pertaining to fever

Question 11

afebrile

Answer 11

without fever

Question 12

hypertension

Answer 12

blood pressure above the normal range

Question 13

hypotension

Answer 13

blood pressure below the normal range

Question 14

orthopnea

Answer 14

difficulty breathing in a reclining position

Question 15

orthostatic hypotension

Answer 15

temporary decrease in blood pressure readings when changing positions

Question 16

digital thermometers

Answer 16

used frequently and can measure temperature by mouth, axilla, rectum, or ear canal

Question 17

disposable thermometers

Answer 17

used to obtain body temperature using heat-sensitive material that changes color

Question 18

temporal thermometers

Answer 18

thermometer is rubbed across the forehead from temporal artery to temporal artery, reading the infrared heat that comes off the patient’s head

Question 19

infrared thermometers

Answer 19

takes a person’s temperature without the need for body contact, by scanning the forehead. a sensor absorbs infrared energy from the subject’s body heat and converts it to a digital reading

Question 20

Fahrenheit (F) to Celsius (C)

Answer 20

F-32x5/9=C

subtract 32, then multiply by 5, then divide by 9

Question 21

Celsius (C) to Fahrenheit (F)

Answer 21

Cx9/5+32=F

multiply by 9, then divide by 5, then add 32

Question 22

pulse rates

Answer 22

the count of the palpable beats against the walls of the arteries

Question 23

respirations

Answer 23

measured as the complete cycle of inspiration and expiration being counted as one

Question 24

Korotkoff sounds

Answer 24

sounds heard when the blood pressure is measured; also called heart sounds