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Vital Signs Ch 4 Flashcards

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Vital signs and other physiologic measurements often provide what

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The basis for problem-solving

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Vital signs include what

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Temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure

They are called vital signs because of their importance

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Many facilities have begun using the fifth vital sign witch is

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Pain level or comfort level

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Guidelines for obtaining vital signs (4)

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Measure vital signs correctly.

Understand and interpret the values.

Communicate findings appropriately.

Begin interventions as needed

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When do you access vital signs

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When a patient is admitted to a facility, and then as prescribed by the physician or as policy dictates

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Heart rate respiratory rate and blood pressure for a neonate

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120-160

36-60

Systolic - 20-60

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Heart rate respiratory rate and blood pressure for an infant

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125-135

40-46

Systolic- 70-80

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Heart rate respiratory rate and blood pressure for a toddler

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90-120

20-30

Systolic 80-100

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Heart rate respiratory rate and blood pressure for school-age 6 to 10 years

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65-105

22-24

Systolic- 90-100
Diastolic- 60-64

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Heart rate was between rate and blood pressure for Adolescent 10 to 18 years

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65-100

16-22

Systolic 100-120
Diastolic 70-80

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Heart rate respiratory rate blood pressure for an adult

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60-100

12-20

Systolic- 100-120
Diastolic - 70-80

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Heart rate respiratory rate blood pressure for an older adult

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60-100

12-18

Systolic - 130-140
Diastolic - 90-95

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Temperature

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A relative measure of sensible hot or cold

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What temperature is considered normal

What is acceptable variations

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98.6 F (37 C)

97- 99.6 F (36.1 C - 37.5 C)

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Factors that have the potential to cause body temperature variances

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Environment, the time of day, the patient state of health and activity level, in the stage of the patients monthly menstrual cycle

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Regulation of body temperature is the job of the what

And where is it located

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Hypothalamus

Located in the brain, form in the floor and part of the lateral wall of the third ventricle.

The hypothalamus helps maintain a balance between heat loss and he produced by the body

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What are the two categories temperature falls into

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Core temperature and surface temperature

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Core temperature

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The temperature of the deep tissues in the body

Remains relatively constant unless a person is exposed to severe extremes in environmental temperature

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Surface temperature

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The temperature of the skin

Austin varies a great deal in response to the environment

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What is usually the first sign of illness

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Temperature elevations.

Pyrexia, febrile, and hypothermia all mean above normal body temp

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What is fever and what is it do

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It’s a body defense. Elevated body temperature will destroy invading bacteria

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Intermittent fevers

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Rise and fall

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Remittent fevers

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Similar to intermittent fevers except the temperature does not return to normal at all until the patient becomes well

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Hypothermia

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When body temperature is abnormally low

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Factors affecting body

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Age- neonates 99.5 F, older adult- 95 F

Exercise.- can raise as high as 103.2- 105.8

Hormonal influences.- woman have greater variations

Diurnal daily variations.-change throughout day

Stress.-

Environment .

Ingestion of hot and cold liquids.

Smoking- plus or minus 0.2 F

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Signs and symptoms of elevated body temperature (10)

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Thirst
 anorexia
 flushed warm skin
 Irritability
glassy eyes or photophobia 
 headache 
elevated pules and respiratory rate restlessness or excessive sleepiness increased perspiration
 disorientation
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Heat sensitive patches

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To obtain your reading of surface temperature is a possible choice

Place the patch on the area of the skin such as the four head the color change on the patch indicates the temperature

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Electronic thermometer

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Consist of rechargeable battery powered display unit, thin wire cord, and the temperature processing probe with the disposable cover

Separate probes are available for oral temperature measurement (Bluetip )and rectal temperature measurement (red tip)

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Normal body temperature is according to the measurements site

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Oral 98.6
Rectal 99.5
Axillary 97.6
Tympanic 98.6

Make a telephone oral and tympanic 98.6 down the axillary minus one of the butt plus one

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Oral temperature

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Most assessable site
comfortable for patient
necessary no position change. Do not use for patients who are infants or small children, disoriented or unconscious patient

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Rectal

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Most accurate. Do not use a patient after rectal surgery or patients who have a rectal disorder

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Axilla

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Least accurate

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Tympanic

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Excessive your wax has a possibility to interfere with accurate reading

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Temporal artery

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Provides core temperature.

Diaphoresis and airflow across the face may affect the accuracy

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Diaphragm

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The circular flat surfaced portion of the chest piece covered with a thin plastic disc of the stethoscope it transmits the high pitch sound created by the hive velocity movement of air in blood

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Auscultate

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Listen for sounds within the body to evaluate the condition of heart lungs, pleura, intestines or other organs or to detect fetal heart tones

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Pulse

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A rhythmic beating or vibrating movement
Signifies the regular, recurrent explanation and contraction of an artery produced by the waves of pressure that are caused by the ejection of blood from the left ventricle of the heart as it contracts

Adult pules rate is normally between 60-100 beats per minute

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Tachycardia

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> 100 beats per min

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Bradycardia

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<60 beats per min

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Dysrhythmia

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If the amount of time between beats varies, there will be an irregular pulse

Any disturbance or abnormality in a normal rhythmic pattern, specifically, irregularity in the normal rhythm of the heart

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Which two arteries are easily palpated pules sites

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Radial and carotid artery

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Pulse volume variations

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0- absent pyulse
1+ thready pulse
2+ weak pulse
3+ normal pulse
4+ bounding pulse
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Factors influencing pulse rates (10)

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Age, 
exercise, 
fever/heat, 
acute pain and anxiety, 
unrelieved severe pain/chronic pain, medications, 
hemorrhage, 
postural changes, 
metabolism, 
pulmonary condition
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Obtaining for radial pulse

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Lightly place tips of first and second fingers in Groove formed along radial side of forearm lateral to flexor tendon of wrist

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Obtaining for ulnar pulse

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Place fingertips along ulnar side of forearm

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Brachial pulse

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Locate groove between biceps and triceps muscles above elbow at antecubital fossa

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Femoral pulse

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With patient supine, place first three fingers over inguinal area below inguinal ligament, midway between pubic symphysis and anterosuperior iliac

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Popliteal pulse

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Slightly flex knee with foot resting on table or bed

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Dorsalis pedis pulse

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Place fingertips between great and first toes and slowly move them along groove between extensor te done of great and first toe

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Posterior tibial pulse

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Slightly extend feel

Place fingertips behind and below medial malleolus (ankle bone

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Apical

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Apex

(The tip, the end, or the top of a structure) of the heart

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Apical pulse

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Represents the actual beating of the heart

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Pulse deficit

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The difference between the radial and apical rates.

To confirm pulse deficit one nurse listens to the apical rate and the second palp area the radial pulse at the same time using same watch for 1 minute

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Respiration

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The taking in of oxygen, it’s utilization in the tissues, and the giving off of carbon dioxide; the act of breathibg, I.e, inhaling and exhaling

Both internal and external

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Internal respiration

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Refers to the exchange of gas at the tissue level caused by the process of cellular oxidation as well as the gas exchange that occurs in the alveoli of the lungs

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Oxidation

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Any process in which the oxygen content of a compound is increased

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External respirations

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The breathing movements of the patients that you will observe.

The cycle of external respiration’s has two parts: inspiration and expiration

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Inspiration

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Inhaling air with oxygen into the lungs

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Expiration

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Exhaling air with carbon dioxide out of the lungs

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Factors intending respiration

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Disease or illne
STress
Fever
Age
Sex
Body position
Medications
Excercise 
Acute pain 
Smoking
Brainstem injury 
Hemoglobin function
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Tachypnea

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Rapid respiratory rate

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Bradypnea

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Slow respiratory rate, blow 10 per minute

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Cheyne stokes respirations

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Abnormal pattern of respiration characterized by alternating periods of apnea and deep, rapid breathing

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Blood pressure

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The pressure exerted by the circulating volume of blood on the arterial walls, the veins, and the chambers of the heart

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Systolic

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Pressure is the higher number and represents the ventricles contracting, forcing blood into the aorta and the pulmonary arteries

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Diastolic

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The lower number of the blood pressure reading, the second pressure is the diastolic pressure

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Pulse pressure

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The different between systolic and diastolic

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Cardiac output

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The amount of blood discharged from the left or right ventricle per minute

Blood pressure reflects cardiac output

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Prehypertension

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120-139/ 80-89

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Hypertension

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Occurs when elevated pressure is sustained above 140/90

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Hypotension

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Blood pressure below normal

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Orthostatic hypotension

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A drop of 25 mm Hg in systolic pressure and a drop of 10 mm Hg in diastolic pressure when a person moves from lying to a sitting position

Occurs when a person rides too quickly usually from supine position

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Sphygmomanometer

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A device for measuring the arterial blood pressure . Consists of an inflatable cuff and a gauge

Blood pressure readings are taken with sphygmomanometer and a stethoscope

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Korotkoff

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Pulsating sounds

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Korotkoff phases

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Phase 1 - a sharp thump 
Phase 2 - a blowing or whooshing sound
Phase 3- a softer think then phase 1
Phase 4- a softer blowing sound that fades
Phase 5- silence

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