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Vital Signs (Heart Rate) Flashcards

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Your patient has a heart rate below 60. What is this a sign of?

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Bradycardia

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What does it mean whenever you have an abnormally low heart rate?

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You have bradycardia.

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What does it mean whenever you have an abnormally high heart rate?

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You have tachycardia.

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Your patient has a heart rate of 71 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?

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Normal

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Your patient has a heart rate of 39 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?

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Abnormally Low

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What is the average pulse rate?

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60-100 BPM

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Your patient has a heart rate of 93 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?

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Normal

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Your patient has a heart rate of 99 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?

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Normal

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Your patient has a heart rate of 59 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?

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Abnormally low

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Your patient has a heart rate of 100 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?

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Normal

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Your patient has a heart rate of 112 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?

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Abnormally High

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What is the minimum normal heart rate?

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60 BPM

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What is the maximum normal BPM?

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100 BPM

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Your patient has a heart rate of 126 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?

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Abnormally high

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Your patient has a heart rate of 71 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?

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Normal

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Your patient has a heart rate of 137 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?

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Abnormally high

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Your patient has a heart rate of 83 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?

A

Normal

18
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Your patient has a heart rate of 40 BPM. Is this normal, abnormally high, or abnormally low?

A

Abnormally low

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Your patient’s heart rate is above 100 BPM, what is this a sign of?

A

Tachycardia

20
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Heart rate and respiratory rate both go by BPM. What does BPM stand for with the heart rate and what does BPM stand for with the respiratory rate?

A

Heart rate = Beats per minute
Respiratory rate = Breaths per minute

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Fundementals of Nursing (Adult Vital Signs) (6 decks)

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