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Measures balance between heat body loses and heat body produces.

What is temperature?

100

Respiration and pulse are assessed by 

What is rate, rhythm, and character?

100

The most common place to check a persons pulse and your first go to 

What is radial pulse?

100

Normal blood pressure is

What is 120/80?

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This is often called the silent killer because it usually shows no symptoms until the damage is done

What is hypertension or high blood pressure

200

Normal respiration a minute for an adult are

What is 12-20?

200

Fever is considered anything over 

What is 101 degrees Fahrenheit?

200

Method for taking a pulse most common in pediatric patients

What is Apical?

200

A resting heart rate over 100 is called?

What is tachycardia

200

This is often called the 5th vital sign

What is pain assessment

300

A resting heart rate lower than 60 is called

What is bradycardia
300

The 4 locations for temperature taking are

What is Oral, Tympanic, Rectal, Axillary?

300

The four terms used to describe pulse volume are 

What is bounding, thready, strong, absent? 

300

What is blood pressure measured in?

What is mmHG (millimeters of mercury)
300

When measuring this temperature, you must add 1 degree

What is axillary (under the arm)

400

Respiration is observed when

What is right after the pulse, the patient should not even know your doing it?

400

The difference between palpitation and auscultation is

What is feeling vs. hearing?

400

Difficult or labored breathing 

What is dyspnea?

400

When measuring height the rules for the feet are 

What is they must be all the way back and heels together?

400

A normal oxygen saturation level in a healthy adult is 

95% or above

500

Normal pulse rate for average adult

What is 60-100

500

There are 7 pules sites on your body, the most common two are 

What is radial and brachial?

500

Skin, nail beds, and lips turn blue 

What is cyanosis?

500

Instrument used to collect blood pressures

What is a sphygomamometer?

500

As people get older, there _____ blood pressure tends to go up

What is systolic

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