Q: What occurs to the pulse when a patient has a fever.
Answer:
Elevated pulse
Q: A patients blood pressure drops when he stands up, what is this called
Answer:
Orthostatic hypotension
Q: Bladder cuff too narrow
Answer:
High reading
,Q: Bladder cuff too wide
Answer:
low
Q: Unsupported arm
Answer:
high
Q: Cuff wrapped too loosely or unevenly
Answer:
false high reading
Q: Deflating cuff too slowly
Answer:
false high diastolic reading
Q: Deflating cuff too quickly
Answer:
false low systolic and false high diastolic
Q: If client initial exam how should the nurse find the systolic pressure
, Answer:
Palpation
Q: When to use a doppler ultrasound stethoscope
Answer:
Difficult to hear pressure sounds, in infants, the obese or clients in shock
Q: What is a result of inadequate circulating blood or reduction in tissue oxygenation
Answer:
Pallor
Q: What is a bluish tinge most evident in nail beds, lips and buccal mucosa
Answer:
Cyanosis
Q: If a client's sclera is yellowing what could this be a sign of
Answer:
Jaundice
Q: What is the skin redness associated with rashed called?
Answer:
Erythema
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