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| Temporary of transient cessation of breathing |
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| temporary disappearance of sounds usually heard over the brachial artery, occuring when the cuff pressure is high and is gradually reduced with the sounds again heard at a lower level of pressure (usually occuring in hypertension patients) |
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| pertaining to the axilla, the cavity beneath the junction of a forelimb and the body; also called the armpit or the underarm |
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| beating or throbbing felt over the brachial artery, usually palpated in the antecubital space |
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| an abnormally slow pulse rate, usually fewew than 60 beats per min in an adult |
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| an abnormally slow respiratory rate, usually fewer than 10 breaths per min in an adult |
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| the amount of blood pumped into the arteries by the heart during one minute; the product of the heart rate and the stroke volume |
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| relating to the international thermometric scale on which 0° is the freezing point and 100° is the boiling point; centigrade |
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| relating to the international thermometric scale on which 0° is the freezing point and 100° is the boiling point; celsius |
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| the amount of heat in the deep tissues and structures in the body, such as the liver |
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| the force exerted when the heart is at rest in between each beat; the lowest pressure exerted against the arterial walls at all times |
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| difficult or labored breathing |
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| series of 5 sounds (4 followed by an absence of sound) heard during distention of the artery b/c of the proximally placed pneumatic cuff |
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| ability to breath w/o difficulty only when in an upright position |
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| sudden drop in blood pressure resulting from a change in position, often causing dizziness |
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| determination of the 02 saturation of the arterial blood using a photoelectric device called an oximeter |
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| clinical measurement of the percentage of hemoglobin that is bound w/02 in the blood |
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| application of the fingers with light pressure to the surface of the body to determine the condition of the underlying parts |
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| difference b/w the apical and radial pulse rates |
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| difference b/w the systolic and diastolic blood pressure |
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| usually palpated over the groove along the thumb side of the inner wrist |
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| first sound, heard when the atrioventricular (mitral and tricuspid) valves close |
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| 2nd sound, heard when the semilunar (aortic and pulmonic) valves close |
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| side-lying position w/the lowermost arm behind the body and the uppermost leg flexed |
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| amount of blood entering the aorta with each ventricular contraction |
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| amount of force exerted with in the arteries while the heart is actively pumping or contracting; the max pressure exerted against the arterial walls |
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| fast beats per min greater than 100bpm |
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| fast respiratory rate, greater than 24 breaths per min |
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| pertaining to the ear canal or eardrum |
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| 20% greater than arm diameter or 40% of circumference |
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superficial temporal external maxillary carotid brachial ulnar radial femoral popliteal dorsalis pedis posterior tibial |
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| Assessment→diagnosis→planning→implementation→evaluation |
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Subjective Data Objective Data Assessment Planning |
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Assessment Problem Intervention Evaluation |
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| interpretaion of findings |
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making sound clinical judgments about data from health assessment - normal and expected ranges - client's age, gender, race -immediate and long-term, health-related needs |
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collection, organization and validation of information obtained via patient/family identification of: actual and potential health problems support systems learning needs discharge needs referral needs |
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| intitial detailed history and physical |
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| problem oriented, intial or on-going |
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| use of critical thinking and application of knowledge from the sciences and other disciplines to analyze and synthesize data |
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| priority setting, stating client goals or outcomes, and selecting nursing interventions |
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| putting the nusring interventions into action |
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| comparing the client status to the stated goals or outcomes |
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| role of the professional nurse |
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teacher caregiver client advocate |
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