Alverno College N524 Exam 1 questions with answers

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What are the vital signs? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔temperature,
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pulse, respiration, blood pressure, pain
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What does temperature measure? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔reflects the balance from the heat produced vs the heat the
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body loses
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What factors can affect body temperature? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Age (Temp decrease) |\ |\




Exercise
Diurnal: 1.5 degrees higher late afternoon/early evening
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Stress |\




Environment


Why would the temperature be lower in aging adult? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Less effective heat control. oral temperature lower
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Where can the temperature be taken? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔oral
temporal |\




axillary (armpit) |\




rectal

,tympanic (ear) |\




Foley catheter sensor
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what factors may affect oral temp? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hot
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or cold fluids
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smoking


what factors can affect tympanic temp? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔cerumen (earwax) |\




what factors can affect temporal temp? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Perspiration


what factors can affect rectal temp? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔stool


Adult normal temperature? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔96.8 - 98.6
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100.4 - 105.8 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pyrexia, febrile
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105.8 and above temperature - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔hyperpyrexia


axillary temp is ideal for which patient? choose best answer
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-child
-80 yr old woman
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, -Newborn
-40 year old male - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔child
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which temperature location should be last resort? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔rectal |\




which temp location is the most accurate and convenient? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔oral |\ |\




what is the pulse? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A wave of blood
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created by contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.
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location of the pulses? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔
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Tachycardia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔rapid heart rate |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




>100 bpm |\




bradycardia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔slow heart rate |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




<60 bpm |\




normal adult heart rate - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔60-100 bpm
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0 pulse strength - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔absent
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1+ - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔weak, thready
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