Procedure
What are the two instruments used to measure blood pressure?
What is a blood pressure cuff (Sphygmomanometer) and Stethoscope
What are the names for high and low blood pressure?
Hypertension and Hypotension
The force you heart exerts on the walls of your arteries each time it beats is called what?
A. Systolic pressure
B. Diastolic pressure
what is Systolic pressure
A patient's blood pressure is 114/65. Is this healthy or unhealthy?
What is Healthy
What is blood pressure?
What is the force of blood on the walls of the artery walls
How many millimeters of mercury is each line on the sphygmomanometer?
2 mmHg
Name 3 things that can cause hypertension.
What is stress, anxiety, obesity, high salt intake, aging, kidney disease, thyroid deficiency, and vascular conditions
What is the optimal range for systolic?
B. More than 120
C. less than 120
What is Less than 120
If you are dizzy while getting out of bed first thing in the morning. Is this an example of hypertension or hypotension?
What is Hypotension
What are 3 factors that could change the reading of blood pressure?
What is standing, laying down, and sitting positions.
What artery do you match the sphygmomanometer up with when measuring blood pressure?
A. Aorta
B. Carotid
C. Brachial
What is the Brachial artery
What can happen if you don't treat hypertension?
What is Stroke, kidney disease, and/or heart disease
How do you read/write blood pressure?
what is as a fraction
120/60
Mary is a diabetic with high stress and anxiety levels. Is she more likely to have hypotension or hypertension?
What is Hypertension.
How many mg of salt are recommended daily?
What is No more than 2,300 mg per day
What is the unit of measurement for blood pressure documentation?
A. Millimeters of Mercury (mmhg)
B. Molar concentration (mol/L)
C. Milliunits per litre (mU/L).
What is millimeters of mercury (mmHg)
True or False
Both weight loss and weight gain can alter blood pressure readings.
What is True
The pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats is called what?
A. Systolic Pressure
B. Diastolic pressure
What is Diastolic
If you had a blood pressure of 180/99. What two question are you mostly likely be asked by a nurse or physician.
What is your normal range is.
Has it ever been this high before.
what medication you are taking
mostly likely will take it again.
List three lifestyle modifications that can decrease blood pressure
What is Lower sodium diet, lose weight, stop smoking, exercise, lower stress.
What are some rules when taking your blood pressure to get an accurate reading?
What are
1. No eating, smoking, caffeine consumption 30 minutes prior
2. Uncross legs, sit comfortably, arms below heart
3.Take at least 2 readings 1 minute apart.
4.Use a properly calibrated device.
5.Bottom of the cuff goes above the elbow.
6. Use the proper size cuff.
What is orthostatic hypotension caused by?
What is the inability of blood vessels to compensate quickly to change position. Basically, at sudden change in position like from laying down to sitting.
When the diastolic and systolic readings are written, how are they written? (What's on the top and what's on the bottom?)
What is Systolic is on top and diastolic is on bottom
A person's blood pressure is 128/78. Is this healthy or unhealthy?
What is Healthy.
What are the five pulse sites?
What is temporal, carotid, apical, brachial, radial, femoral, popliteal, posterior tibial, pedal