Temperature
The amount of heat in the body that is balanced between heat produced and heat lost.
What is temperature?
Beat of the heart felt at an artery as a wave of blood passes through the artery.
What is pulse?
The act of inhalation and exhalation.
What is respiration?
The amount of force against the walls of an artery by the blood.
What is blood pressure?
The person is usually in this position when VS are taken.
What is sitting or lying down?
Normal oral temperature range.
What is 97.6 to 99.6?
A heart rate of >100 bpm.
What is tachycardia?
The normal range for respirations.
What is 12 - 20 breaths per minute?
The pressure in the arteries when the heart is at rest.
What is Diastolic Pressure?
This systolic pressure should be report immediately:
130
102
156
92
What is 156?
Normal range for axillary temperature.
What is 96.6 to 98.6?
Heart rate less than 60 bpm.
What is bradycardia?
The CNA should report this respiratory measurement to the nurse immediately.
What is any respiratory rate <12 and >20?
The heart rate relaxes during this period of BP.
What is Diastole?
VS results are reported to the nurse immediately in these situations.
What is when VS are abnormal?
Three factors that may affect body temperature.
What are weather, exercise, illness, body size, metabolic rate?
The most common site for taking pulse.
What is the radial artery?
The position the patient is in for measuring respirations.
What is sitting in a chair or lying supine on the bed?
A stystolic BP >140 or a diastolic BP >90 mmHg.
What is hypertension?
The artery used for hearing blood pressure.
What is the brachial artery?
The position used for a rectal temperature.
What is Sims?
The apical pulse is found at this location.
What is the heart (chest)?
A patient lying supine is in respiratory distress. This action may be taken by the CNA to help improve their breathing.
What is raise the HOB?
The instrument used to listen to sounds produced by the body.
VS are taken at this interval for residents of a long term care facility.
What is according to the care plan or MD orders?