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Nur 104 Test 1 Review Exam Questions with answers
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Nur 104 Test 1 Review ExamQuestions with answers
Stroke volume - -the volume of blood pushed into the aorta per heartbeat
-Respiration - -the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs and
tissues and is initiated by the act of breathing
-Cardiac output - -the amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle in 1
minute
-Alveloi sacs - -Gas exchange with the blood occurs here
-Normal body temperature - -97.5 to 99.5
-Temporal artery - -Most accurate noninvasive way to measure body
temperature
-Hyperthermia - -A condition in which the patients temperature is above the
normal range 100.2
-Defervescence - -abatement of fever
-Patients older than 75 - -tend to have a lower base body temperature. If it
rises 2 degrees fever is present
-Chills - -sensations of cold and shaking of the body
-Febrile - -Stage the body temperature rises ti the new set point established
by the hypothalamus and remains there until the cause of the fever resolves
-If fever is very high or if it lasts too long - -dehydration, delirium, and
convulsions may occur
-Crisis - -abrupt decline in fever
-Temperature in the elderly - -may not reflect the seriousness of the illness
because temperature may not be significant
-Hypothermia - -subnormal body temperature
-The elderly - -lose considerable body heat through the scalp
, -Rectal temperature - -lubricated bulb into the rectum directed towards the
umbilicus 0.5 to 1.5 inches . Hold in place 3 to 5 minutes
-Axillary temperature - -hold arm tightly against chest. Leave in place 3 to 8
minutes
-Glass thermometers - -should not be used orally if the patient is
unconscious, subject to seizures, confused, or agitated
-Electronic thermometers - -5 seconds to 1 minute
-Tympanic thermometers - -Placed in ear, plastic cover always
-Temporal thermometer - -Moved over the skin of the forehead over the
temporal artery
-Tympanic thermometer - -should not be used in a patient that has a
inflammatory condition of the auditory canal or if there is discharge from the
ear
-Interventions to lower fever - -encourage fluids, lower room temperature,
use a fan, remove clothing, reduce activity, carry out physicians orders
-When to take temperature - -Every 4 hours when an infection is present,
every 2 to 4 hours when a fever is present, when pt feels ill, when pt is
receiving drugs that may affect the temperature, before surgery and after
-Average elderly temperature - -96.5 to 97.5
-Average temperature of elderly in morning - -tends to be low
-Lack of subcutaneous fat in the elderly - -allows the body to cool more
readily than bodies of the younger people
-Pulse - -pressure wave causing this expansion of the arterial walls in the
vascular system
-Palpate - -to feel
-Stethoscope - -device that augments sounds from within the body
-Tachycardia - -refers to a pulse greater than 100 bpm
-Bradycardia - -indicates a slow pulse that is less than 60 bpm
-Average pulse rate in an adult - -is 72 bpm
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