BOP MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS
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BOP
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BOP
Continuous fever - ACCURATE ANSWERS rises and falls only slightly during the 24-hour period. It remains above the patient's average normal range.
Intermittent fever - ACCURATE ANSWERS comes and goes, or it spikes then returns to average range.
Remittent fever - ACCURATE ANSWERS has great fluc...
BOP MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
BOP MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS
Continuous fever - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ rises and falls only
slightly during the 24-hour period. It remains above the patient's average
normal range.
Intermittent fever - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ comes and goes, or it
spikes then returns to average range.
Remittent fever - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ has great fluctuation but
never returns to the average range. It is a constant fever with fluctuating
levels.
Temperatures Considered Febrile - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Rectal
or aural (ear) temperatures over 100.4° F (38° C)
Oral temperatures over 99.5° F (37.5° C)
,Axillary temperatures over 98.6° F (37° C)
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a fever over 100.9° F (38.3° C) for 3
weeks in adults and 1 week in children without a known diagnosis.
Axillary - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ temperatures are approximately
1° F or 0.6° C lower than accurate oral readings.
Rectal - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ temperatures when taken
accurately, are approximately 1° F or 0.6° C higher than oral readings.
Aural Temperature (Ototemp) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Most
Accurate—reflection of blood temp surrounding the hypothalamus
Blood pressure - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ reflects the pressure of
the blood against the walls of the arteries, is read in millimeters of
mercury, abbreviated mm hg.
B/P systolic measurement - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ the pressure of
blood against the artery wall when the heart has just finished pumping
(contracting)
B/P diastolic measurement - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ the pressure
of blood against the artery walls between heartbeats, when the heart is
relaxed and filling with blood
, Hypertension - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ condition of having a
blood pressure of 140/90 or higher for an extended period; also called
high blood pressure
Hypotension - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Low Blood pressure; when
the systolic blood pressure is below 90 mm Hg and the diastolic pressure
is below 60 mm Hg
High blood pressure - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 140/90 or above,
can also be known as essential hypertension or primary hypertension
prehypertension - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 120--89
normal adult b/p - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 119 or below / 79 or
below
Korotkoff sounds - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ sounds heard during
the auscultation of the blood pressure, produced by the vibrations of the
arterial wall
BMI scale - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ BMI of 24 or less=consideres
to be ideal weight
BMI of 25 - 29.9=considered overweight
BMI of 25 - 34.9=considered obese
morbidly obese this increses the persons risk of death from any cause by
50% to 150%
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