VITAL SIGNS STUDY GUIDE



VITAL SIGNS STUDY GUIDEDefine terms: TemperatureArrhythmiaPulseBradycardiaPulsationTachycardiaRespirationBlood pressureDiastoleSystolicAfebrileHypothermiaFebrileApexHemorrhageBoundingDyspneaCheyne-StokesRalesHypertensionTachycardiaHypotensionApneaInspirationExpirationAverage temperature:Axillary ____________Oral ____________Rectal ____________What can increase temperature?___________________________________What can decrease temperature? __________________________________What is the least accurate site for temperature? _____________________________________What do you ask before taking an oral temperature? _________________________________Normal range for V/S:Pulse ________________B/P:Systolic __________________Diastolic _________________What can affect pulse rate? ________________________________What can affect respirations? _______________________________What can affect B/P? LIST_______________________________________________________________________Hemorrhage will increase or decrease B/P? ______________________________Pain will increase or decrease B/P? _____________________________________Most common pulse site adult _________________ infant____________________Vital Signs Test Additional Questions:Write the blood pressures correctly. 1. Systolic 85Diastolic 48 ______________ 2. Diastolic 61Systolic 175 ______________ 3. Systolic 200Diastolic 122 ______________ 4. Diastolic 80Systolic 120 ______________ 5. Systolic 75Diastolic 30 ______________Write the correct term in each blank:Mr. Smith’s boat turned over in the water. When he got to the hospital his body temperature was 89 degrees. What is the term that identifies his body temperature? ______________________Leslie has a temperature of 103.2 after she came back from surgery. The charge nurse told the doctor that she had been _________________ all night.Mike had been having frequent headaches daily. His visit to the doctor indicated that his blood pressure had been staying around 165/90. He was later diagnosed with _____________________.A pulse site in the neck is called what ________________?A pulse is described as regular or irregular by its:Ratec. VolumeCharacterd. rhythmA pulse rate over 100 beats per minute, except in children, is called _______________?Mr. Smith was walking up some stairs and started having difficulty breathing, what was he experiencing _______________________? What is the pulse site when taking a blood pressure? _______________________ 14. What Vital Signs would you report…line a, b, c, or d? _________99.6 ? - 74 - 100/68 – 1498.6 – 68 – 110/78 – 1297.8 (Ax) – 80 – 130/100 – 1498.2 – 82 – 132/78 – 14 15. Write either Normal or Abnormal.. if abnormal write the term that indicates the problem: i.e. tachypnea, hypertension, bradypnea, tachycardia, hypotension, bradycardia130/70 – BP - ________________102 – P - ________________14 – R - ________________59 – P - ________________120/98 – B/P - ________________BONUS:Write correct word or words for underlined terms, some are medical terms and some are lay terms:Mrs. Jordan is so sad about you leaving; she became 1. S O B and 2. tachycardic 3. ___ a pulse of 120. After crying so much she then became 4. dyspneic . Jane 5. auscultated her 6. pulmonary area and heard 7. high pitched noises. Now she began having periods of 8. apnea along with dyspnea and later 9. expired. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9.______________mkj2012 ................
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