95. What portion of the client’s information is part of the healthy history? A. Vital signs. B. Use of alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco. C. Abdominal exam. D. Gait.
Use of alcohol, caffeine and tobacco is the part of health history in client's information. Vital signs, abdominal exam and gait come under physical examination. Option B is the correct answer.
95. What portion of the client’s information is part of the healthy history? A. Vital signs....
The nurse auscultated the client’s abdomen for bowel sounds and documented them as hypoactive ? A. The bowel sounds are absent B. This is a normal finding C, Rare bubbly, blowing sounds of less than 5 minute D, Frequent, high pitched , tinkling sounds , more than 20 minutes . A nurse is assessing the chest size, how would the nurse document an abnormal diameter A. Transverse to anterior -posterior 2:1 B. Transverse to Anterior -posterior 1:1 C. Anterior...
what should the nurse document in the history component of the health assessment. A. vital signs. B. perspiration on the client’s gor head. C. Travel in the last year. D. facial symmetry
what is true about the general survey. A. it provides a first impresion of a client’s well being. B. it provides the initial history. C. it gives a general idea of what the vital signs will be. D. it reqires several pieces of rquipment e.g penlight.
What are signs and symptoms of anemia? What is rebound tenderness? Guarding? What do the vital signs reveal? What would your abdominal assessment reveal? (Think IAPP) a.Inspection- b. Auscultation- c. Percussion- d. Palpation- 5.What medication could have contributed to his symptoms? 6. What is the diagnosis? 7. What medication regimen would be ordered for treatment?
Vital Signs: Respirations a. What are the centers that control respirations? b. What is the purpose of measuring respirations? c. What factors are noted when assessing a client’s respirations? d. Explain the usual difference in respirations between males and females. e. What factors affect respirations and in what ways do they affect respirations? f. Define the following terms: ventilatory pattern; hyperventilation; hypoventilation, tachypnea; bradypnea; eupnea; dyspnea; orthopnea; apnea.
Vital Signs: Pulse a) Define pulse. What is the purpose of measuring a pulse? b) On accompanying diagram, mark the various sites for measuring heart rate. What are the two (2) most commonly used sites when measuring heart rate in adults? c) Identify factors that affect pulse rate. Which factors tend to elevate pulse rate? Which factors tend to lower pulse rate? d) State the rationale for assessing the following prior to taking a client’s pulse below: i) emotional and...
Background Information Initial history - 50-year-old female, coming from work and told her blood pressure was high at a health fair - Works at a legal clerk, secretary at a large law firm Additional history - No other health problems and medications - Father and brother both have hypertension History of MI and stroke in maternal grandparents - Denies cardiac or neuro symptoms Eats a relatively healthy diet Not a smoker, 1-3 glasses of white wine, exercises every week Has...
Vital Signs: Blood Pressure a. What is blood pressure? What is the purpose of assessing blood pressure? b. What is the standard unit for measuring blood pressure? What is the difference between systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure? c. Various factors can affect blood pressure. Some of these are listed below. Discuss the differences with each of these factors. i) age example: BP is lower in children than in adults. ii) gender iii) race iv) diurnal rhythm v) weight...
Vital Signs: Temperature a) What is the centre for controlling body temperature? b) What are the factors that affect body temperature? Which factors tend to elevate body temperature? Which factors tend to lower body temperature? c) Identify the three (3) types of thermometers that can be used to measure body temperature. How would you choose a glass thermometer for oral use versus rectal use? d) Identify the four (4) sites for taking temperature. What are the advantages, disadvantages, and contraindications...
A patient with severe acute pancreatitis has the following vital signs after fluid resuscitation. BP 84/53 mm Hg and HR 121 bpm. What should the nurse consider as the next step of care for this patient? A: Prepare to administer diuretics B: Ask the physician if an antihypertensive would be indicated C: Assess for hypovolemic shock D: Prepare to administer potassium chloride 2. A patient being treated in the infectious disease clinic has a history of IV drug use and chronic...