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Clinical Skills Vital Signs exam questions and answers with
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leaping, strong, or forceful pulse
Choose matching term
1What is an normal adult pulse rate? 2Phase 2
3Bounding pulse
4Arrhythmia
Don't know?
Terms in this set (80)
1) temperature
2) pulse
What are the 4 vital 3) respiration
signs?
4) blood pressure
Pulse the throbbing of an artery as the human heart
beats; caused by the pressure of the blood
pushing against the wall of an artery as the
heart contracts and relaxes
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What is an normal adult 60-80 bpm
pulse rate?
Regular rythm consistant time pattern; regular interval
Regular- irregular rhythm uneven intervals between beats in a repeating pattern
Irregular- irregular rhythm irregular interval; no pattern
Bounding pulse leaping, strong, or forceful pulse
Thready pulse weak, barely felt pulse; thin, like a thread
Arrhythmia an irregular pulse rate; too fast or too slow
Tachycardia pulse rate over 100 beats per minute (at rest)
Bradycardia pulse rate under 60 beats per minute (at rest)
Apex pointed end of something
Stethoscope instrument used to amplify sound
Auscultate listening while using a stethoscope
Palpate to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of
diagnosing disease or illness
1) brachial pulse
2) carotid pulse
3) radial pulse
4) apical pulse (auscultate; no palpating)
Where can you palpate
5) popliteal pulse
for a pulse?
6) femoral pulse
7) dorsalis pedis pulse
What is the first step in wash your hands
procedures to measure
each vital signs?
arterial sounds heard through a stethoscope
Korotkoff sounds applied to the brachial artery distal to the
cuff of a sphygmomanometer that change with
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10
AM
Clinical Skills Vital Signs exam questions and answers with
complete solutions verified latest update graded a++
2025/2026
Sample some practice questions
Learn 1/7 Study with Learn
leaping, strong, or forceful pulse
Choose matching term
1What is an normal adult pulse rate? 2Phase 2
3Bounding pulse
4Arrhythmia
Don't know?
Terms in this set (80)
1) temperature
2) pulse
What are the 4 vital 3) respiration
signs?
4) blood pressure
Pulse the throbbing of an artery as the human heart
beats; caused by the pressure of the blood
pushing against the wall of an artery as the
heart contracts and relaxes
1/
10
, 6/28/25, 10:00
AM
What is an normal adult 60-80 bpm
pulse rate?
Regular rythm consistant time pattern; regular interval
Regular- irregular rhythm uneven intervals between beats in a repeating pattern
Irregular- irregular rhythm irregular interval; no pattern
Bounding pulse leaping, strong, or forceful pulse
Thready pulse weak, barely felt pulse; thin, like a thread
Arrhythmia an irregular pulse rate; too fast or too slow
Tachycardia pulse rate over 100 beats per minute (at rest)
Bradycardia pulse rate under 60 beats per minute (at rest)
Apex pointed end of something
Stethoscope instrument used to amplify sound
Auscultate listening while using a stethoscope
Palpate to examine by touch, especially for the purpose of
diagnosing disease or illness
1) brachial pulse
2) carotid pulse
3) radial pulse
4) apical pulse (auscultate; no palpating)
Where can you palpate
5) popliteal pulse
for a pulse?
6) femoral pulse
7) dorsalis pedis pulse
What is the first step in wash your hands
procedures to measure
each vital signs?
arterial sounds heard through a stethoscope
Korotkoff sounds applied to the brachial artery distal to the
cuff of a sphygmomanometer that change with
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