Vital Signs

Question 1

temperature

Answer 1

the measurement of body heat

Question 2

normal body temperature range

Answer 2

97.0 to 99.0

Question 3

febrile

Answer 3

an elevated temperature

Question 4

pyrexia

Answer 4

an above-normal temperature (fever)

Question 5

hyperthermia

Answer 5

an uncontrolled high temperature

Question 6

hypothermia

Answer 6

a below-normal temperature

Question 7

pulse

Answer 7

created by the pressure of blood pushing against the wall of an artery as the heart contracts and relaxes

Question 8

normal pulse rate before birth

Answer 8

140-150

Question 9

normal pulse rate at birth

Answer 9

90-160

Question 10

normal pulse rate during first years of life

Answer 10

115-130

Question 11

normal pulse rate during childhood years

Answer 11

80-115

Question 12

normal pulse rate during adult

Answer 12

60-80

Question 13

tachycardia

Answer 13

pulse rate over 100 bpm

Question 14

bradycardia

Answer 14

pulse rate under 60 bpm

Question 15

arrhythmia

Answer 15

an irregular pulse rate usually due to uneven intervals between beats

Question 16

bounding

Answer 16

strong or forceful pulse

Question 17

threading

Answer 17

weak, barely felt pulse

Question 18

Normal respiration rate

Answer 18

12-20 breaths per minute

Question 19

dyspnea

Answer 19

difficulty breathing/shortness of breath

Question 20

tachypnea

Answer 20

fast breathing (abnormal)

Question 21

apnea

Answer 21

absence of breathing

Question 22

cheyne-stokes

Answer 22

labored breathing followed by apnea

Question 23

rales

Answer 23

bubbling or rattling sounds in the lungs

Question 24

What order do you document VS?

Answer 24

Temperature, Pulse, Respiration

Question 25

blood pressure

Answer 25

the force of blood pushing against the blood vessels

Question 26

systolic

Answer 26

the greatest force exerted on the walls of the arteries by the heart

Question 27

diastolic

Answer 27

the least force exerted on the walls of the arteries by the heart

Question 28

normal blood pressure range

Answer 28

S: less than 120 and D: less than 80

Question 29

elevated blood pressure range

Answer 29

S: 120-129 and D: less than 80

Question 30

hypertension stage 1

Answer 30

S: 130-139 or D: 80-89

Question 31

hypertension stage 2

Answer 31

S: 140 or higher or D: 90 or higher

Question 32

hypertensive crisis

Answer 32

S: higher than 180 and/or D: higher than 120

Question 33

hypotension

Answer 33

low blood pressure

Question 34

hypertension

Answer 34

high blood pressure

Question 35

How to find the systolic number?

Answer 35

measured at the first beating sound heard after artery has been occulted

Question 36

How to find the diastolic number?

Answer 36

measured at the point where the beating sound has ceased

Question 37

places to take body temperature

Answer 37

temporal, tympanic, rectal, oral, and axillary.

Question 38

most common temperature site

Answer 38

oral (mouth)

Question 39

most accurate temperature sir

Answer 39

rectal