Blood Pressure
measurement of the force of the blood against the walls of the arteries as it circulates through the body
Blood Pressure
pulse on wrist, under thumb
Radial
one chest rise and fall equals one
respiratory rate/breath
You are a patient being seen at Urgent Care. The nurse checks your temperature. The thermometer is placed under your tongue. What temperature is this?
Oral
relaxation of the ventricles, bottom number for blood pressure
Diastolic
pulse the is counted by listening with a stethoscope placed on the chest
Apical
You are a CNA working in the hospital, your job is to obtain vital signs every shift. What does this include?
Temperature, Pulse, Respiratory rate, Blood Pressure
You are checking a blood pressure of your adult patient, what is considered a normal blood pressure?
120/80
occurs while ventricles of the heart are contracting, top number of BP
Systolic
You are a nurse checking vital signs, how would you check the pulse?
radial, carotid, brachial, apical
You are working as a nursing assistant and you need to recheck a patients blood pressure, what pulse do you check before taking the blood pressure to determine the correct placement of the stethoscope?
brachial
You are working as a neonatal (for babies) nursing assistant, you are aware that the baby has a fever. Name the different locations for taking a temperature
Rectal, oral, auxillary, tympanic, temporal
You are a nursing assistant taking a blood pressure, you first hear the beating at 130 and the beating stops at 85. What is the systolic number?
130
You are a nurse taking the pulse on the neck, what pulse is this?
Carotid
Stethoscope and Sphygmomanometer are used for what?
Blood pressure
You are a CNA in the hospital, your need to take vital signs at 1400. What time is this?
2 pm
You are a CNA taking a blood pressure, the beating starts at 120 and it stops at 80. What is the diastolic number
80
You are a doctor assessing a patient that has an irregular heart rate. You need a heart rate for procedure, how long should the doctor count?
1 minute
You are taking your patients temperature, you have the thermometer that goes into the ear. What is the medical term for this?
Tympanic
You are a CNA taking vital signs, the diastolic value is 80, systolic value is 120. What is the blood pressure?
120/80