NUR 105 Test 4
- What are the four Vital Signs commonly measured
Answer Temperature, pulse, res- piration and blood pressure
- Afebrile
Answer Without fever
- Febrile
Answer Fever. Elevated body temp above 100/37.8
- Pyrexia
Answer Another term for fever
- Tympanic
Answer pertaining to the eardrum
- Pulse
Answer Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.
- Apical Pulse
Answer pulse taken with a stethoscope and near the apex of the heart
- dysrhythmia 1 / 3
Answer Abnormal heart rhythm
- bradycardia
Answer slow heart rate (less than 60 bpm)
- Tachycardia
Answer rapid heart rate over 100 beats per minute
- Tachypnea
Answer breathing is regular but abnormally rapid ( over 20 breaths/min)
- Apnea
Answer temporary cessation of breathing
- Bradypnea
Answer Rate of breathing is regular but abnormally slow (less than 12 breaths/min).
- kussmaul breathing
Answer Abnormally deep, regular, and increased in rate
- cheyenne-stokes
Answer Breathing pattern characterized by alternating periods of apnea and hyperventilation 2 / 3
- Perfusion
Answer The supply of oxygen to and removal of wastes from the cells and tissues of the body as a result of the flow of blood through the capillaries.
- Pulse Deficit
Answer the difference between the rate of an apical pulse and the rate of a radial pulse
- How does the body lose heat?
Answer radiation, conduction, convection, evaporation
- Radiation
Answer transfer of heat through space
- Conduction
Answer transfer of heat from one object to another with direct contact
- convection
Answer transfer of heat away by air movement
- Evaporation
Answer transfer of energy from liquid to gas (Diaphorisis/Sweating)
- Diaphorisis
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