Vital Signs Flashcards

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What are the nursing intervention chill phase in the fever management

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Monitor vital signs
Reduce activity
Provide supplement 02

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What are the signs and symptoms of fever

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Headaches, mucle aches, chills nausea, photophobia, weakness, fatigue, thirst, loss of appetite

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Febrile

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Afebrile

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Hyperpyrexia

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Hyperthermia

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6
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The treatment of what drug is ordered with fever?

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Antyretics

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7
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Temporal

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Head

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8
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Carotid

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Neck

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9
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Apical

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Heart

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10
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Brachial

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Elbow

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Femoral

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Inside hip

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12
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Popiteal

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Knee

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13
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Posterior libial

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Inside ankle

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14
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Dorsal pedis

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On top of foot

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15
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Apical pulse on a child before the age of 7 is located

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Between the intercatrspace 4

16
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Apical pulse can be found on an adult

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Between the 5th intercatrspace

17
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During high peaks of breathing

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Get to much oxygen

18
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During low peaks of breathing

A

You get to much oxygen

19
Q

Normal rate and rhythm

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Eupnea

20
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SOB

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Short of breath

21
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Rapid respiration

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Tachypnea

22
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Slow respiration

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Bradypnea

23
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C=

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F-32/1.8

24
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F=

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Cx1.8+32

25
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Difficult or labored breathing

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Dyspnea

26
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Breathing facilitated by sitting up or standing up

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Orthopnea

27
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Absence of breathing

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Apnea

28
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Abnormal pattern of breathing w/ deeper and faster breathing, then gradually decrease

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Cheyne strokes

29
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Fast deep respiration

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Kuss movis