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NURS1014 MIDTERM 1 STUDY GUIDE.
Abdominal - Answers✔pertaining to the abdomen
antecubital fossa - Answers✔the triangular cavity on the anterior section of the arm opposite the
elbow
axillary temperature - Answers✔safe and accurate temperature for infants and young children
bladder - Answers✔the inflatable piece in a blood pressure cuff
blood pressure - Answers✔the pressure that is exerted by the blood against the walls of blood
vessels
brachial artery - Answers✔artery located just above the antecubital fossa, medial to the biceps
tendon
bradycardia - Answers✔when the adult resting heart rate is less than 50bpm
bradypnea - Answers✔abnormally slow breathing
cardiac output - Answers✔heart rate x stroke volume
cuff - Answers✔piece used to measure blood pressure; consists of an inflatable rubber bladder
inside a cloth cover
cyanosis - Answers✔bluish discoloration of the skin
diastolic pressure - Answers✔Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions.
elasticity of vessel walls - Answers✔when vessels stiff and rigid, pressure needed to push
increases
electronic thermometer - Answers✔Battery-operated clinical thermometer that uses a probe and
records the temperature on a viewing screen in a few seconds
jaundice - Answers✔yellowing of the skin
Korotkoff sounds - Answers✔series of sounds that correspond to changes in blood flow through
an artery as pressure is released
mean arterial pressure - Answers✔the pressure forcing blood into the tissues, averaged over the
cardiac cycle
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oral temperature - Answers✔The temperature reading obtained by placing the thermometer in
the patient's mouth under the tongue.
oxygen saturation - Answers✔a clinical measurement of the percentage of hemoglobin that is
bound with oxygen in the blood
pulse - Answers✔Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.
pulse oximeter - Answers✔an external monitor placed on the patient's finger or earlobe to
measure the oxygen saturation level in the blood
pulse rate - Answers✔the number of pulse beats per minute
pulse rhythm - Answers✔the pattern of the beats and intervals between the beats
range of motion - Answers✔The range through which a joint can be moved
rectal temperature - Answers✔temperature method to only be used when all other routes are not
practical
respiration - Answers✔Inhalation and exhalation of air.
sphygmomanometer - Answers✔instrument to measure blood pressure
stroke volume - Answers✔The amount of blood ejected from the heart in one contraction.
systolic pressure - Answers✔Blood pressure in the arteries during contraction of the ventricles.
tachycardia - Answers✔heart rate greater than 95-100bpm
tachypnea - Answers✔rapid breathing
tympanic membrane thermometer - Answers✔senses infrared emissions of the eardrum, which
shares the vascular supply with the hypothalamus
vital signs - Answers✔temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure
volume of circulating blood - Answers✔refers to how tightly blood is packed into arteries;
increasing contents in vessels increases pressure
Explain procedure
Perform head to toe
Perform external to internal
Assess unaffected areas first
Observe symmetry
Position self & client - Answers✔Principles of exam
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NURS1014 MIDTERM 1 STUDY GUIDE.
Abdominal - Answers✔pertaining to the abdomen
antecubital fossa - Answers✔the triangular cavity on the anterior section of the arm opposite the
elbow
axillary temperature - Answers✔safe and accurate temperature for infants and young children
bladder - Answers✔the inflatable piece in a blood pressure cuff
blood pressure - Answers✔the pressure that is exerted by the blood against the walls of blood
vessels
brachial artery - Answers✔artery located just above the antecubital fossa, medial to the biceps
tendon
bradycardia - Answers✔when the adult resting heart rate is less than 50bpm
bradypnea - Answers✔abnormally slow breathing
cardiac output - Answers✔heart rate x stroke volume
cuff - Answers✔piece used to measure blood pressure; consists of an inflatable rubber bladder
inside a cloth cover
cyanosis - Answers✔bluish discoloration of the skin
diastolic pressure - Answers✔Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions.
elasticity of vessel walls - Answers✔when vessels stiff and rigid, pressure needed to push
increases
electronic thermometer - Answers✔Battery-operated clinical thermometer that uses a probe and
records the temperature on a viewing screen in a few seconds
jaundice - Answers✔yellowing of the skin
Korotkoff sounds - Answers✔series of sounds that correspond to changes in blood flow through
an artery as pressure is released
mean arterial pressure - Answers✔the pressure forcing blood into the tissues, averaged over the
cardiac cycle
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oral temperature - Answers✔The temperature reading obtained by placing the thermometer in
the patient's mouth under the tongue.
oxygen saturation - Answers✔a clinical measurement of the percentage of hemoglobin that is
bound with oxygen in the blood
pulse - Answers✔Beat of the heart as felt through the walls of the arteries.
pulse oximeter - Answers✔an external monitor placed on the patient's finger or earlobe to
measure the oxygen saturation level in the blood
pulse rate - Answers✔the number of pulse beats per minute
pulse rhythm - Answers✔the pattern of the beats and intervals between the beats
range of motion - Answers✔The range through which a joint can be moved
rectal temperature - Answers✔temperature method to only be used when all other routes are not
practical
respiration - Answers✔Inhalation and exhalation of air.
sphygmomanometer - Answers✔instrument to measure blood pressure
stroke volume - Answers✔The amount of blood ejected from the heart in one contraction.
systolic pressure - Answers✔Blood pressure in the arteries during contraction of the ventricles.
tachycardia - Answers✔heart rate greater than 95-100bpm
tachypnea - Answers✔rapid breathing
tympanic membrane thermometer - Answers✔senses infrared emissions of the eardrum, which
shares the vascular supply with the hypothalamus
vital signs - Answers✔temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure
volume of circulating blood - Answers✔refers to how tightly blood is packed into arteries;
increasing contents in vessels increases pressure
Explain procedure
Perform head to toe
Perform external to internal
Assess unaffected areas first
Observe symmetry
Position self & client - Answers✔Principles of exam
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