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The _?_ is a study of whole person and covers general health state and any obvious physical characteristic; launched the moment the nurse first encounters patient.
General Survey
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What are the 6 key examples of objective data used to launch a general study?
- Physical Appearance
- Body Structure
- Mobility
- Behavior
- Measurement
- Vital Signs
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Age, sex, facial features, skin color, and level of consciousness are all examples of _?_.
Physical Appearance
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What are the characteristics in assessing body structure?
- StatureNutrition
- Symmetry
- Posture
- Position
- Body build contour
- Obvious physical deformities
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Gait, foot placement, and range of motion all have to do with patient's _?_.
Mobility
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What are examples of a person's behavior?
- Facial expressionMood and affect (how person comes across)
- Speech
- Dress
- Personal Hygiene
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What are forms of measurement?
- WeightHeight
- Body mass index
- Waist-to-hip ratio
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What are the basic vital signs taken on a patient?
- Temperature
- Pulse
- Respirations
- Blood Pressure
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What are the five common ways of taking temperature?
- OralRectal
- Axillary
- Tympanic
- Forehead (used on children more)
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The normal oral temperature range in a resting person is _?_.
35.8°C-37.3°C (96.4°F-99.1°F)
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The normal rectal temperature range in a resting person is _?_.
0.4°C-0.5°C (0.7°F-1°F)
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Normal temperature is influenced by four factors:
- Diurnal cycle
- Menstrual cycle in women
- Age
- Exercise
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_?_ is the amount of blood every heart beat pumps into aorta.
Stroke volume
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What are the pulses assessed on the body?
- Temporal
- Carotid
- Apical
- Brachial
- Radial/Ulnar
- Femoral
- Popliteal
- Posterior tibial
- Dorsalis pedis
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Assessing pulse includes:
- RateRhythm
- Force
- Elasticity
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In resting adult, normal heart rate range is _?_.
60-100 beats per minute (bpm)
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Rate normally varies with _?_ and _?_.
Age; Gender
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_?_ is the condition where there is a rapid heart rate of over 100 beats per minute.
Tachycardia
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_?_ is one irregularity commonly found in children and young adults; heart rate varies with respiratory cycle, speeding up with inspiration and slowing to normal with expiration.
Sinus arrhythmia
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_?_ of pulse is strength of heart's stroke volume.
Force
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Pulse force recorded using a _?_.
Three-point scale (some institutions use four)
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With normal _?_, artery feels springy, straight, and resilient.
Elasticity
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Normal respiration rates for an adult person at rest range from _?_.
12-20 breaths per minute
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_?_ is force of blood pushing against side of its container, blood vessel.
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What is systolic pressure?
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What is diastolic pressure?
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The pressure forcing blood into tissues, averaged over cardiac cycle is known as _?_.
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Average blood pressure in young adult is _?_.
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Blood pressure varies normally with many factors including:
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Level of blood pressure determined by five factors and they are:
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Blood pressure is measured with _?_ and _?_.
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What are the three ways blood pressure can be taken?
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What are the two additional techniques in obtaining vital signs?
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_?_ is the measurement of oxygen saturation.
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Pulse oximeter is a noninvasive method to assess _?_ (SpO2).
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Healthy person with no lung disease and no anemia normally has a SpO2 of _?_.
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In many situations, pulse and blood pressure measurement are enhanced by using a an electronic device, _?_.
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What is the main reason the Doppler technique is used?
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What are the two abnormalities in blood pressure?
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