Test 2 Study Guide Simplified Flashcards
What type of food affect the body temperature?
Protein
Best spot to take a temperature
Rectal
Below 60 bpm
Bradycardia
Above 100 to 150 bpm
Tachycardia
The number of ventricular contractions per minute
Apical heart rate
Where is the apical heart rate?
Located to the left of the sternum at the entry space below the fifth rib in the midline with the clavicle
Where to take a blood pressure if patient had bilateral mastectomy
Thigh
What is the weber test for?
screening test for hearing performed with a tuning fork.
Factors that influence, blood pressure
Age, gender, exercise/activity emotion/pain
Miscellaneous when urinary bladder is full legs are crossed, and the person is drug stimulate the heart such as nicotine, caffeine cocaine methamphetamine, and also tend to come straight there arteries and raise blood pressure
Pressure within the arterial system when the heart contracts
Systolic
Pressure within the arterial system, when the heart relaxes and fills with blood
Diastolic
How long do you wait to take a temperature after a person has eaten
30 minutes
What to advise patient to avoid orthostatic hypotension
Ensure that the client remain seated after rising until dizziness passes
Restore adequate hydration is the clients fluid volume is low
Increase consumption of salty foods, and those contain sodium providing the client is not hypertensive
Apply compression stockings to the lower extremities to reduce pooling of blood upon standing
Administer prescribe medication, such as a synthetic mineral corticoid that mimics, aldosterone , and adrenal hormone, to reduce the loss of sodium in the urine, does raising the blood volume, or a sympathetic, nervous system, vasopressor, a drug that constrict blood vessels, causing a antihypertensive affect
What is the primary source?
From the patient
What is a secondary source?
The patient’s family