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HEalth Assessment
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
09/16/2012

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When do you begin general inspection and what is involved?
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As soon as you meet em and  u will look at physical appearance and hygience, body structure, body movement, emotional and mental status, and behavior
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Baseline indicators of a client's health include
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measurement of vital signs(temp, heart rate, respiratory rate, BP, and oxygen saturation), height, and weight
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Routes of Temp
Definition
Oral, Tympanic, Axillary, Rectal,
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How long do you wait before checking someone's temp if they have consumed something?
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10 minutes
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How long for a electronic oral temp?
Definition
15 to 30 secs
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Tympanic takes how long?
Definition
2 to 3 secs
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What age group is axillary temp taken on?
Definition
Infants and Children
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Is the axillary accurate?
Definition
No, it's less accurate
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How deep do you stick a rectal temp?
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1 to 1.5 inches
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Assessment of the respiratory rate involves
Definition
counting the number of times the client completes a ventilatory cycle each minute
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How do men and women differ in breathing?
Definition
Men-Diaphragmatically, stomach, women- thoracic, chest
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Factors that increase resp rate
Definition
Fever, anxiety, exercise, and increased altitude
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Rhythm
Definition
regular or irregular
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Depth
Definition
Deep(full lung expansion), normal, shallow(small lung in and out)
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BP
Definition
force of blood against the arterial walls
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Cardiac Output
Definition
volume of blood ejected from the heart each minute
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Peripheral Resistance
Definition
force that opposes the flow of blood thorugh vessels
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wat is BP measure in
Definition
 millimeters of mercury mm Hg
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Systolic Blood Pressure
Definition
top number. maximum pressure exerted on arteries when the ventricles eject blood from the heart
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Diastolic Blood Pressure
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Bottom Number. Minimum amount of pressure exerted on the vessels or ventricles of heart relax
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Pulse Pressure
Definition
difference btwn diastolic and systolic, 30-40 mm Hg
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First Korotkoff Sound
Definition
Initial one is the systolic and has a sharp thump
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Physiologic  Factors that AFfect BP Measurements
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Age, Genderm Race, Diurnal Variations(time of day), Emotions, Pain, Personal Habits, Weight
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Age of BP
Definition
as older, it rises
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Gender of BP
Definition
Girls lower after puberty than males, and women higher after menopause
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Race in BP
Definition
Hypertension is twice as high in African Amer
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Personal Habits in BP
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Caffeine or Smoking within 30 min may increase BP
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Errors Resulting in High BP
Definition
arm above level of chest, cuff too narrow, wrapping cuff too loosely or unevenly, deflating cuff too slowly, feinflating cuff w/ocompletely deflating it, failure to wait 1-2 min for remeasurement
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Errors Resulting in Lower BP
Definition
Positioning arm below level of heart, positioning manometer above heart, cuff too wide, not inflating cuff enuf, deflating the cuff too rapidly, pressing the diaphragm too firmly on brachial artery
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Oxygen Saturation is measured by
Definition
a pulse oximeter to estimate the oxygen saturation of hemoglobin in blood. lower than 90% is abnormal
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For every liter of fluid retained, weight.....
Definition
increases 2.2 lb
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Body weight is influenced by
Definition
genetics, dietary intake, exercise, and fluid volume
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Height is influenced by
Definition
Genetics and dietary intake
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