Temp
The normal range for an oral temperature is:
90/60-119/79
98.6-100.6 F.
12-20 per minute
97.6-99.6 F.
What is 97.6-99.6 F?
This is a reason to avoid taking an oral temperature:
The person is over 12 years old.
The person has HIV
The person is confused and agitated.
You suspect that the person has a high fever.
What is "The person is confused and agitated?"
A radial pulse rate of 88
Must be reported to the nurse.
Is considered tachycardia.
Is normal.
Is considered bradycardia.
What is normal?
The top number of a BP is called ____________, and the bottom number is called ____________.
What is systolic/diastolic
One of these is not considered a vital sign:
Body temperature
Blood Pressure
Fasting blood sugar
Respiratory rate
What is fasting blood sugar?
Not included in common symptoms of fever:
Nausea
Headache
Chills
Muscle aches
What is nausea?
Tympanic
Temporal
Non-mercury
Axillary
What is Temporal?
This is the pulse site that should be found before placing a sphygmomanometer on a resident.
What is the brachial pulse?
An elevated BP might be:
110/62
122/82
160/94
88/58
What is 122/82?
Regarding pain, one of these symptoms is not objective:
Moaning.
Holding or guarding a body part.
Stating pain is an 8 on the pain scale
What is "Stating pain is an 8 on the pain scale."
Another term for armpit
What is axilla?
Far too little
Far too much
Just right
The wrong location
What is "Just right?"
You count a respiratory rate of 6 for a resident. You should:
Record a rate of 6 in the chart.
Multiply the rate of 6 by 4 and record that number in the chart.
Record a rated of 6 and tell the nurse immediately.
Check the respiratory rate again after 30 minutes.
What is record the rate of 6 and tell the nurse immediately.
Hypertension is:
High blood pressure
Rapid pulse
Moderate pain
Low blood pressure
What is high blood pressure?
A pulse deficit is:
A radial pulse less than 50 beats per minute
A difference between an apical pulse and radial pulse.
A pulse that us irregular and weak.
What is "A difference between an apical pulse and a radial pulse."
The most accurate method for taking a temperature.
What is rectal?
True or false: When taking a rectal temperature, the thermometer must be held at all times.
What is "True?"
True or False. These terms are all used to describe breathing:
eupnea and tachypnea
bradycardia and dyspnea
cyanosis and apnea
apnea and postural hypotension
What is "eupnea and tachypnea?"
The medical term for a blood pressure cuff is:
What is a sphygmomanometer?
If a CNA is unsure about a BP reading, she should:
Check the baseline BP and record a similar number.
Tell the nurse that she is not confident of her reading.
Leave the entry blank in the chart.
What is "Tell the nurse that she is not confident of her reading.
An appropriate action by the NA who suspects that a resident has a fever is:
Call the resident's family.
Give the resident Tylenol.
Take the resident's temperature.
What is "Take the resident's temperature?"
An oral thermometer is usually color coded this color.
What is green or blue?
Respiratory rate is usually counted immediately after counting a pulse because:
It saves time.
It keeps the resident from tiring.
It provides a more accurate count.
The resident should not know their respiratory rate.
What is "It provides a more accurate count."
True or false-If a resident is agitated, the BP may be measured using the apical pulse instead of the brachial pulse.
What is false?
If a resident complains of pain, the NA would not do this:
Reposition the resident.
Offer a backrub.
Give Tylenol
Report the pain to the nurse.
What is "Give Tylenol."