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Chapter 24 Review Questions & answers latest update 2024/2025 with complete solution
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Increased - ✔✔If a bedridden patient has chills and is shivering, what would you
expect the body temperature to be?
Temporal artery - ✔✔Which site for taking an infant's body temperature is considered
to give the most accurate results?
1 minute - ✔✔How long should the pulse be counted for the most accurate results?
60 to 80 beats per minute - ✔✔What would be considered a normal pulse for an
average-sized 37-year-old patient in good health?
Below or at the same level - ✔✔When you are taking the pulse, where should you
position the artery to be measured in relation to the level of the heart?
hypertension is associated with another disease. - ✔✔If a patient is diagnosed with
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secondary hypertension, this means that the
Place the scale in a private area of the office. - ✔✔How can you help patients feel
comfortable about having their weight measured in the office?
systolic - ✔✔As a blood pressure cuff is deflated, the first tapping sound is the ______
pressure.
Apical - ✔✔Which of the following pulses is auscultated with a stethoscope?
Radial - ✔✔Which of the following pulses is palpated on the wrist?
Temporal - ✔✔Which of the following pulses is palpated on either side of the eyes?
None of the above - ✔✔Which of the following pulses is palpated behind the knee?
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Carotid - ✔✔Which of the following pulses is palpated in the throat?
Pedal - ✔✔Which of the following pulses is palpated on top of the foot?
Brachial - ✔✔Which of the following pulses is palpated in the antecubital space?
increased - ✔✔If a patient is anxious, the medical assistant would expect the pulse to
be
decreased. - ✔✔If a patient is a marathon runner, the resting pulse would be expected
to be
diastolic - ✔✔As a blood pressure cuff is deflated, the last tapping sound is the
__________ pressure.
All of the above - ✔✔Aural temperatures are recommended for adults, when possible,
because the
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I - ✔✔The systolic BP is measured during which Korotkoff phase?
V - ✔✔The diastolic BP is heard during which Korotkoff phase?
58 - ✔✔Mrs. Anderson's BP reading is 132/74 mm Hg. Her pulse pressure would be?
Brachial - ✔✔The stethoscope typically is placed over which artery when the BP is
auscultated?
With the cuff in place, take the BP with the patient lying down and then immediately
after she stands. - ✔✔Dr. Xu is concerned that an elderly patient may be experiencing
orthostatic hypotension. How would you check this patient's BP?
sphygmomanometer. - ✔✔The instrument used to measure the blood pressure is the
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