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Vital Signs
Fundamentals of Nursing 7th edition
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
10/03/2009

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Term
Healthy Adult Temperature Variations
Definition
96.8F to 100.4F
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Infants/Children Temperature Variations
Definition
95.9f to 99.5f
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70+ Years Old Temperature Variations
Definition
96.8F to 99.1F
Term
24 Hour Temperature Variations
Definition
0.9F to 1.8F
Term
When is temperature usually lowest?
Definition
Temperature is usually lowest between 0100 and 0400
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Reference Value: Oral
Definition
98.6F
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Reference Value: Rectal
Definition
99.5F
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Reference Value: Axillary
Definition
97.7F
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Reference Value: Tympanic
Definition
98.6F
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Afebrile
Definition
No Fever
Term
Febrile
Definition
> 101 oral or 100.4 rectal
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Pyrexia
Definition
Body temp. above normal
Term
Hyperpyrexia
Definition
High fever > 105.8F
Term
Low Grade
Definition
98.8F to 100.6F oral
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Normal (adult) pulse rate
Definition
60-100 Beats/min
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Average (adult) pulse rate
Definition
72-80 beats/min
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Ways to descirbe pulse Rythm
Definition
Regular or irregular
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Ways to describe volume/amplitude of a pulse
Definition
weak, thready, normal, bounding
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Normal Infant pulse rate
Definition
120-160 Beats/min
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Normal toddler pulse rate
Definition
90-140 Beats/min
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Normal Preschooler Pulse Rate
Definition
80-110 Beats/min
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normal school age pulse rate
Definition
75-100 Beats/min
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Normal Adolescent Pulse rate
Definition
60-90 Beats/min
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normal adult pulse rate
Definition
60-100 Beats/min
Term
What constitutes 1 breath?
Definition
1 inhale + 1 exhale
Term
How long do you count respirations for?
Definition
1 full minute
Term
Healthy adult respiration rate
Definition
12-20/min (average is 16)
Term
What do you document about respirations?
Definition
Rate, Depth, Rhythm, Symmetry
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What should respirations look like?
Definition
Should be quiet and effortless with bilateral, symmetrical chest movement
Term
Respiratory rate: Newborn
Definition
30-60 breaths/min
Term
Respiratory rate: infant (6months)
Definition
30-50 breaths/min
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Respiratory rate: toddler (2years)
Definition
25-32 Breaths/min
Term
Respiratory rate: child
Definition
20-30 breaths/min
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Respiratory rate: adolescent
Definition
16-19 breahts/min
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Respiratory rate: adult
Definition
12-20 breaths/min
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Respiratory rate: elder
Definition
16-20 breaths/min
Term
Normal Adult Blood pressure
Definition
<120 Systolic and <80 diastolic
Term
Prehypertension
Definition
120-139 Systolic or 80-89 Diastolic
Term
Stage 1 Hypertension
Definition
140-159 Systolic or 90-99diastolic
Term
Stage II hypertension
Definition
>/= 160 systolic or >/= 100 diastolic
Term
BP goals for most patients with hypertension
Definition
<140/90
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