Body temp
Where are the possible places on the body to take temperature?
Temporal, Oral, Tympanic, Axillary, Rectal
How long do you take pulse for?
60 seconds
What is considered hypotension blood pressure
100/60
What is counted as one single respiration?
Opening procedure include :
Hand hygiene, introduce yourself, identify patient, explain procedure, ask guests to leave or stay, close the curtain, raise bed to working height
Before taking temperature what question do you ask?
Have you eaten or drank anything within 15 minutes?
What is the range for average adult?
60-100 bpm
Where would you take blood pressure on a patient that has an IV on their left arm?
Take it on their right arm
What does the body exchange during breathing?
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
If you notice a change in a patients vital signs during documentation, what is the first thing you do?
Notify the nurse.
What color probe cover would you use to take rectal temperature?
Red
The difference between the Apical and Radial pulses.
Pulse Deficit
If you incorrectly take a patients blood pressure, how long would you wait to retake it again?
60 seconds or 1 minute
Slow heart beats
Bradycardia
Absence of breathe
Apnea
Can you take a temperature in the groin area? True or False?
True
80, right, radial, regular, strong
Laying, sitting, standing
Orthostatic vital signs
How do you take a patients respirations?
Pretend to take their pulse.
How do you take a patients respirations?
Pretend to take their pulse.
What does each short line on the stem of a clinical thermometer indicate?
0.2 degrees
What are the possible pulse sites?
Temporal, Carotid, Axillary, Apical, Brachial, Radial, Popliteal, Posterior Tibial, Dorsalis Pedis
Blood pressures taken over arteries closer to the heart will be lower than those taken over arteries farther from the heart. True or False?
False
Stertorous
Snoring types of respirations.
If your patient is bed bound, how would you take their vital signs?
Elevate their bed to fowlers position.