Definitions
What is high and low blood pressure called?
What is Hypertension and Hypotension.
How would you go about Apical pulse.
What is Place the Diaphragm below the chest, aligned with the thel, firm placement and pressure to be able to hear it.
Who is the care plan prepared for?
5 organs of the Respiratory system.
When you notice a resident acting different than the normal, what is the first thing you should do?
What is take a set of vital signs.
Amount of force exerted against the walls of an artery when the heart is pumping blood into arterial circulation.
What is Systolic Pressure
How do you tell an oral thermometer from a rectal thermometer?
Long blue narrow tip is oral/axillary. Rounded stubby red tip is rectal.
a plan of action for all residents to fulfill their basic needs.
Functions of the Cardiovascular System
What is carrying nutrients and oxygen to cells, and removing waste products from cells
about 1 inch above the elbow.
An individual plan of nursing care for each resident
What is care plan
Time required for accurate temperature reading.
Oral: 5-8 minutes
Rectal: 3-4 minutes
Axillary: 10-12 minutes
What are two of the Nurse Assistants responsibilities relating to the care plan?
contributes, familiar with, uses individual careplans
knows and implements changes
follows goals and care plans exactly as written.
observes and assesses residents response to care
reports the residents response to care
documents residents response when assigned to do so
Related Health problems to the Cardiovascular systems
Hypertension, heart attack/myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and the need for a pacemaker
What are three factors that can increase blood pressure?
strong emotions, pain, exercise, disease/conditions, some medications.
Increased pressure within the eye
What is Glaucoma
3 things to raise and lower body temperature.
raise: increase temperature in the room, add coverings to the body, provide warm liquids to drink, give warm bath, shower, or soaks, increase level of activity.
lower: decrease temperature in the room, remove coverings from the body, offer cool liquids to drink, provide cool bath, shower, or sponging.
Who are three of the medical staff members involved in creating the care plan for the resident?
Activity director, social worker, physical therapist, occupational therapist, dietitian,
Organs of the Cardiovascular System
Heart, Blood vessels, and Blood
What method of measurement does the blood pressure cuff use?
mercury manometer
What is Febrile and Afebrile
What is fever and no-fever.
Average oral, rectal, and axillary temperature, pulse, and respiration range.
Oral temperature: 95.0 F - 98.6 F
Rectal temperature: 96.0 F - 99.6 F
Axillary temperature: 94.0 F - 97.6 F
Pulse: 50-100 bpm
Respiration: 14-20 bpm
What are five reasons a resident may be unable to meet personal needs?
Poorly fitting dentures, digestive problems
Catheters,constipation
illness(vision loss, disease, stroke, memory loss,ext.)
needing a walker or cane
unable to attend religious services
anxious or depressed
poor sleep, short naps daily, up to the bathroom late at night
unable to bathe entire body
Related Health problems for Respiratory system
Emphysema, pneumonia, lung cancer, tuberculosis
What are the first five steps for the skills sheets(pink sheets)?
Gather equipment
Clean equipment
wash hands
introduce yourself
provide privacy