Vital Signs, Temperature, Pulse, Respirations, Blood
Pressure: Nursing Fundamentals UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the 5 vital signs? temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, pain
Normal oral temperature for an adult? 98.6
Normal pulse rate for an adult 60-100
Normal respiration's for an adult? 12-20 breaths per minute
Normal blood pressure for an adult? 120/80
Core body temperatures tympanic and rectal
surface body temperature oral
axillary
skin surface sites
7 Factors affecting body temperature Circadian Rhythms
Age and gender
Physical activity
State of health
Environmental Temperature
Hypothermia
hyperthermia
, 5 Sites and methods of assessing body temperature oral
Tympanic
Temporal artery
Anxillary
rectal
5 Factors affecting the pulse Age and gender
Physical activity
Fever and stress
Medications
disease
Increased Pulse Rate tachycardia
Decreased Pulse Rate bradycardia
Pulse Amplitude and Quality Grade
Pulse Rhythm dysrhythmia
Equipment used to assess the pulse stethoscope
doppler ultrasound
sites and methods of assessing the pulse peripheral arterial pulses
apical pulse
apical - radial pulse
8 sites for detecting pulse by light palpations temporal
carotid
brachial
radial
femoral
popliteal
posterior libial
dorsalis pedis
3 types of respirations ventilation
diffusion
perfusion
inhalation and exhalation are ____ ventilations
Pressure: Nursing Fundamentals UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the 5 vital signs? temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, pain
Normal oral temperature for an adult? 98.6
Normal pulse rate for an adult 60-100
Normal respiration's for an adult? 12-20 breaths per minute
Normal blood pressure for an adult? 120/80
Core body temperatures tympanic and rectal
surface body temperature oral
axillary
skin surface sites
7 Factors affecting body temperature Circadian Rhythms
Age and gender
Physical activity
State of health
Environmental Temperature
Hypothermia
hyperthermia
, 5 Sites and methods of assessing body temperature oral
Tympanic
Temporal artery
Anxillary
rectal
5 Factors affecting the pulse Age and gender
Physical activity
Fever and stress
Medications
disease
Increased Pulse Rate tachycardia
Decreased Pulse Rate bradycardia
Pulse Amplitude and Quality Grade
Pulse Rhythm dysrhythmia
Equipment used to assess the pulse stethoscope
doppler ultrasound
sites and methods of assessing the pulse peripheral arterial pulses
apical pulse
apical - radial pulse
8 sites for detecting pulse by light palpations temporal
carotid
brachial
radial
femoral
popliteal
posterior libial
dorsalis pedis
3 types of respirations ventilation
diffusion
perfusion
inhalation and exhalation are ____ ventilations