Blood Pressure
This is the pressure when the heart contracts and pumps blood into the aorta.
What is systolic pressure?
This node is called the heart’s natural pacemaker.
What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?
The average normal body temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
What is 37 °C or 98.6 °F?
Normal adult respiratory rate.
What is 12–20 breaths per minute?
Pain is always defined as this.
What is whatever the client says it is?
This happens when the BP cuff is too small.
What is a falsely high blood pressure reading?
A heart rate below 60 bpm in adults is called this.
What is bradycardia?
Before taking an oral temperature, ask if the patient has done this in the past 15–30 minutes.
What is eaten, drunk, or smoked?
Breathing that stops is called this.
What is apnea?
Pain lasting less than 6 months is called this.
What is acute pain?
The first Korotkoff sound heard with the stethoscope indicates this value.
What is the systolic pressure?
When the apical pulse is higher than the radial pulse, this is present.
What is a pulse deficit?
This site gives the most accurate measurement of core temperature but carries risk of injury.
What is the rectal site?
Deep, rapid respirations commonly seen in diabetic ketoacidosis.
What are Kussmaul respirations?
Nerve pain such as diabetic neuropathy is this type.
What is neuropathic pain?
Name two factors that increase blood pressure.
What are increased cardiac output and increased blood viscosity?
These are the two normal heart sounds you hear when auscultating the apical pulse.
What are S1 (lub) and S2 (dub)?
A temperature above 100.4 °F due to hypothalamic set-point change is called this.
What is a fever?
The expected normal SpO₂ range in healthy adults.
What is 95–100%?
The difference between pain threshold and pain tolerance.
What is threshold = point when pain is first felt; tolerance = amount of pain a client can endure?
This condition is diagnosed when a systolic pressure is greater than 180 mmHg or diastolic greater than 120 mmHg.
What is a hypertensive crisis?
An irregular pulse should always be confirmed by doing this for 1 full minute.
What is auscultating the apical pulse?
Name two methods the body uses to lose heat naturally.
What are evaporation, conduction, ratiation or convection?
Before applying a pulse oximeter to a finger, check for these two things.
What are capillary refill <2 seconds and no dark nail polish/artificial nails?
Name two nonverbal cues that may indicate pain in a non-communicative patient.
What are grimacing, guarding, restlessness, or vital sign changes?