Hartman's nursing assistant care
chapter 14 Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Residence condition is worsening - Answer: What can changes in Vital Signs indicate?
Mouth, rectum, ears, armpit, and temporal artery - Answer: What are the five sides of measuring body
temperature?
Red or orange - Answer: A rectal thermometer is usually color coded
Disposable thermometer - Answer: Which of the following thermometers is used once and then
discarded?
Axilla - Answer: Which of the following temperature sites is another word for the armpit area?
Rectum - Answer: Which temperature site is considered to be the most accurate?
2 to 60 Seconds - Answer: How long do digital thermometers take to display a person's temperature?
The thermometer is scanned across the forehead - Answer: How are temporal artery thermometers
used to measure body temperature?
On the left side of the chest just below the nipple - Answer: Where is the apical pulse located?
Radial pulse - Answer: Which pulse is most often used for measuring pulse rate?
Dyspnea - Answer: Which of the following is the medical term for difficulty breathing?
, Stethoscope - Answer: Which of the following is an instrument that can listen to sound within the body
Inspiration - Answer: Breathing air into the lungs is called
Expiration - Answer: Breathing air out of the lungs is called
12 - 20 breaths per minute - Answer: The normal respiration rate for adults ranges from
People may breathe more quickly if they know they are being observed - Answer: Why is it important for
nursing assistants to observe respiration without letting residents know they are doing so?
100-119mmHg - Answer: Normal range for systolic blood pressure
60-79mmHg - Answer: Normal range for diastolic blood pressure
Diastolic phase - Answer: Blood pressure measurement that reflects the phase when the heart relaxes
Hypertension - Answer: High blood pressure
Hypotension - Answer: Low blood pressure
MmHg - Answer: Abbreviation for millimeters of mercury
Sphygmomanometer - Answer: Blood pressure cuff
Systolic phase - Answer: Blood pressure measurement that reflects the phase when the heart is at work
Aging, exercise, stress, pain, and medications - Answer: List five factors that can raise a person's blood
pressure
chapter 14 Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Residence condition is worsening - Answer: What can changes in Vital Signs indicate?
Mouth, rectum, ears, armpit, and temporal artery - Answer: What are the five sides of measuring body
temperature?
Red or orange - Answer: A rectal thermometer is usually color coded
Disposable thermometer - Answer: Which of the following thermometers is used once and then
discarded?
Axilla - Answer: Which of the following temperature sites is another word for the armpit area?
Rectum - Answer: Which temperature site is considered to be the most accurate?
2 to 60 Seconds - Answer: How long do digital thermometers take to display a person's temperature?
The thermometer is scanned across the forehead - Answer: How are temporal artery thermometers
used to measure body temperature?
On the left side of the chest just below the nipple - Answer: Where is the apical pulse located?
Radial pulse - Answer: Which pulse is most often used for measuring pulse rate?
Dyspnea - Answer: Which of the following is the medical term for difficulty breathing?
, Stethoscope - Answer: Which of the following is an instrument that can listen to sound within the body
Inspiration - Answer: Breathing air into the lungs is called
Expiration - Answer: Breathing air out of the lungs is called
12 - 20 breaths per minute - Answer: The normal respiration rate for adults ranges from
People may breathe more quickly if they know they are being observed - Answer: Why is it important for
nursing assistants to observe respiration without letting residents know they are doing so?
100-119mmHg - Answer: Normal range for systolic blood pressure
60-79mmHg - Answer: Normal range for diastolic blood pressure
Diastolic phase - Answer: Blood pressure measurement that reflects the phase when the heart relaxes
Hypertension - Answer: High blood pressure
Hypotension - Answer: Low blood pressure
MmHg - Answer: Abbreviation for millimeters of mercury
Sphygmomanometer - Answer: Blood pressure cuff
Systolic phase - Answer: Blood pressure measurement that reflects the phase when the heart is at work
Aging, exercise, stress, pain, and medications - Answer: List five factors that can raise a person's blood
pressure
