Exam 1: NUR101 / NUR 101(Latest
2024 / 2025 Update) Health Assessment | Guide with Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A – Fortis
Question:
Subjective Data
Answer:
What the patient feels/communicates *Think Subjective=Stated*
Question:
Objective data
Answer:
Clinical findings found in physical examination. *Think Objective=Observed*
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Question:
Vital Signs
Answer:
Objective data
Question:
Oral Temperature
Answer:
Place probe in Posterior sublingual pocket.(under the tongue) Delay at least 10 minutes if patient ingested hot or cold liquids or smoked *
Normal: 96.4 F to 99.1 F (35.8 to 37.3 C)
Question:
Tympanic Temperature
Answer:
Placing an Aural (EAR) thermometer in the patient's ear.
Normal: 36.8 to 0.7°C (98.2F).
Question:
Temporal Temperature
Answer:
Moved across the FOREHEAD to BEHIND the EAR. 2 / 3
Normal: 95.9 to 99.5 F (35.5 to 37.5 C)
Question:
Rectal Temperature
Answer:
Most accurate temperature!! Measures .7 to 1 degree higher than oral.Have pt in Lt lateral decubitus position, inserting toward umbilicus
Question:
Axillary temperature
Answer:
Put the tip of the thermometer in an ARMPIT.
Normal: approx. 1 degree below normal oral temp
Question:
Heat Rate (Pulse) is rate and rhythm
Answer:
Heart Rate Is the number of times in a minute a pulsation is felt.Rhythm - refers to regularity of pulsations or time between each beat.**Pulses also provide important information on perfusion of blood to various parts of the body
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