FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING CARE
CHAPTER 17 VITAL SIGNS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 2024
Afebrile - ANSWER The state of being without fever.
Auscultatory gap - ANSWER In some hypertensive patients, the period of silence between the first
Korotkoff sound heard (the systolic blood pressure and the next Korotkoff sound heard when it resumes
at a number 30 to 40 mm Hg lower.
Biot's respirations - ANSWER Respirations characterized by groups of several shallow breaths followed by
variable-length periods of apnea.
Bradycardia - ANSWER A pulse that is less than 60 BPM
Bradypnea - ANSWER A respiratory rate below 12 respirations per minute.
Cheyne-stokes respirations - ANSWER A pattern of respirations that being shallow, gradually increase in
depth and frequency to a peak, then begin to decrease in depth and frequency until they are slow and
shallow
This is followed by a period of apnea lasting from 10-60 sec
Diastole - ANSWER The time during which the ventricles are at rest.
Diastolic pressure - ANSWER The measurement of the pressure exerted by the blood on the artery walls
while the heart ventricles are not contracting, which is the lower of the two pressures.
dyspnea - ANSWER Labored or difficult breathing.
, Eupnea - ANSWER Respirations in which the rate, depth, rhythm, patter, and respiratory effort fall within
normal parameters.
febrile - ANSWER The state of having a fever.
hypertension - ANSWER High blood pressure
higher than 140/90
primary hypertension - ANSWER The rise in blood pressure that occurs as a result of the heart's having to
work harder to pump blood through artery walls made less elastic due to arteriosclerosis.
secondary hypertension - ANSWER Blood pressure that becomes elevated due to renal or endocrine
disease.
hypotension - ANSWER Low blood pressure.
falls below 90/60
hypothermia - ANSWER A condition in which an individual's core temperature drops below 95F
orthopnea - ANSWER A condition in which an individual finds it too hard to breathe unless he or she is
positioned in an upright position, such as sitting or standing.
pulse deficit - ANSWER A state in which the radial pulse is slower than the apical pulse.
pulse pressure - ANSWER The measurement of the difference between the systolic and diastolic
pressures, which is found by subtracting the numbers.
sphygmomanometer - ANSWER The aneroid or electronic pressure manometer, or gauge, that is used to
measure blood pressure.
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