Temperature
This is the most acceptable, common, and convenient method of measuring temperature in adults.
What is oral temperature measurement?
The normal resting pulse rate for an adult is this range.
What is 60–100 beats/minute?
The normal respiratory rate for a healthy adult is in this range.
What is 12–20 breaths/minute?
This is the normal blood pressure example given in your notes.
What is 120/80 mmHg?
These sounds are heard through a stethoscope during manual blood pressure measurement.
What are Korotkoff sounds?
This is the approximate normal oral temperature in an adult.
What is 98.6°F (37°C)?
Pulse assessment evaluates these three characteristics.
What are rate, rhythm, and strength?
A respiratory rate greater than 20 breaths/minute is called this.
What is tachypnea?
This is the pressure present pressure produced when the left ventricle contracts.
What is systolic blood pressure?
This phase represents phase of the Korotkoff sounds represents systolic blood pressure.
What is Phase I?
Name two things that can interfere with the accuracy of an oral temperature.
What are hot/cold liquids and smoking?
An adult has a heart rate of 112 bpm. This condition is called what?
What is tachycardia?
A respiratory rate below 12 breaths/minute.
What is tachypnea?
This is the pressure present when the ventricle is relaxed.
What is diastolic blood pressure?
This phase represents disappearance of the Korotkoff sounds and is used for diastolic pressure.
What is Phase V?
Oral temperature should NOT be used for patients in these three situations.
What are infants, comatose patients, and orally intubated patients?
An adult has a heart rate of 48 bpm. This condition is called what?
What is bradycardia?
This term describes normal breathing in terms of rate and depth.
What is eupnea?
Calculate the pulse pressure for a BP of 120/80 mmHg.
Calculate the pulse pressure for a BP of 120/80 mmHg.
A BP cuff that is too narrow can cause this false blood pressure reading.
What is falsely high?
This temperature measurement method is fast, clean, and noninvasive but can be affected by technique, earwax, temperature changes, and middle-ear infection.
What is tympanic temperature measurement?
This is the most common site for measuring a peripheral pulse and is located on the thumb side of the wrist.
What is the radial artery?
Avoid telling the patient to do this while counting respirations.
What is “breathe normally”?
According to your notes, a BP greater than this is considered hypertension.
What is 140/90 mmHg?
A systolic blood pressure that decreases by more than 10 mmHg during inspiration at rest.
What is pulsus paradoxus (paradoxical pulse)?