Nur 158- Final Exam Study Guide
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1. List the
Systolic Pressure: 120
normal systolic
Diastolic: 80
and dias-tolic
blood pres-
sure ranges
for an adult.
2. When Systolic Pressure Sound: faint but clear tapping sounds, first tapping is
measuring systolic pressure
blood
pressure, Diastolic Pressure: last sound heard before continuous silence, diastolic
pressure
describe when
you would
hear the
systolic and
diastolic read-
ings. Best to count respirations right after pulse with your fingers still on the
wrist; it is
3. Describe the
pro-
cedure for count- easy for the patient or resident to control breathing; watching the chest
rise and
ing taking an apical pulse.
respirations.
6. What is a normal adult pulse rate and
4. Define the what would
rhythm of a
pulse and the
quality. Give
examples.
5. Describe the
pro-cedure for
,fall or the stomach
Pulse Rhythm: The pattern of
pulsations and pauses between
them
Quality: smooth and regular with
the same amount of time in
between each pulsation
Example: irregular pulse-
dysrhythmia
taken by listening over the
apex of the heart with a
stethoscope (pulse point is
the chest)
adult: 60- 100 beats
A pulse rate that is more than a
100 beats and less than 60
beets
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be reported to the nurse?
7 In taking a Is unconscious
. resident's Is unable to keep his mouth closed (necessary in order to
perature,
tem- de- keep
in the thermometer
place)
scribe 5 in- Is unable to breathe through his nose
stances in Is likely to bite the oral thermometer (for example, a child younger than
which an oral 5 years, a disoriented person, or a person with a history of seizures)
tempera-
ture route cannot Is coughing or sneezing
be used. Has recently had mouth surgery or an injury to the mouth
Is receiving oxygen by a face mask (because the oxygen may cause
the tempera-ture measurement to be inaccurate)
8. Where is a Tympanic Thermometer or ear
tym-panic
thermome-ter thermometer it is inserted into the ear
inserted and
what is anoth-
er name for
the tympanic
mem-brane?
involves physically removing or killing pathogens
9. Define the
term asepsis
10. Define immunity The ability of organisms to resist infection by protecting against
disease-causing microorganisms or their toxins, that invade their
bodies.
11. Define a fection. What is another name for this
health-care infection?
acquired in-
,Healthcare Acquired
Infection: Infections people
get while a patient or
resident Another name:
nosocomial infections
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1. List the
Systolic Pressure: 120
normal systolic
Diastolic: 80
and dias-tolic
blood pres-
sure ranges
for an adult.
2. When Systolic Pressure Sound: faint but clear tapping sounds, first tapping is
measuring systolic pressure
blood
pressure, Diastolic Pressure: last sound heard before continuous silence, diastolic
pressure
describe when
you would
hear the
systolic and
diastolic read-
ings. Best to count respirations right after pulse with your fingers still on the
wrist; it is
3. Describe the
pro-
cedure for count- easy for the patient or resident to control breathing; watching the chest
rise and
ing taking an apical pulse.
respirations.
6. What is a normal adult pulse rate and
4. Define the what would
rhythm of a
pulse and the
quality. Give
examples.
5. Describe the
pro-cedure for
,fall or the stomach
Pulse Rhythm: The pattern of
pulsations and pauses between
them
Quality: smooth and regular with
the same amount of time in
between each pulsation
Example: irregular pulse-
dysrhythmia
taken by listening over the
apex of the heart with a
stethoscope (pulse point is
the chest)
adult: 60- 100 beats
A pulse rate that is more than a
100 beats and less than 60
beets
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Guide
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be reported to the nurse?
7 In taking a Is unconscious
. resident's Is unable to keep his mouth closed (necessary in order to
perature,
tem- de- keep
in the thermometer
place)
scribe 5 in- Is unable to breathe through his nose
stances in Is likely to bite the oral thermometer (for example, a child younger than
which an oral 5 years, a disoriented person, or a person with a history of seizures)
tempera-
ture route cannot Is coughing or sneezing
be used. Has recently had mouth surgery or an injury to the mouth
Is receiving oxygen by a face mask (because the oxygen may cause
the tempera-ture measurement to be inaccurate)
8. Where is a Tympanic Thermometer or ear
tym-panic
thermome-ter thermometer it is inserted into the ear
inserted and
what is anoth-
er name for
the tympanic
mem-brane?
involves physically removing or killing pathogens
9. Define the
term asepsis
10. Define immunity The ability of organisms to resist infection by protecting against
disease-causing microorganisms or their toxins, that invade their
bodies.
11. Define a fection. What is another name for this
health-care infection?
acquired in-
,Healthcare Acquired
Infection: Infections people
get while a patient or
resident Another name:
nosocomial infections
