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Topic 2-4
Monitoring Vital Signs Soon after a patient arrives on the nursing unit you should begin your nursing assessment. You should take several measurements to establish a baseline for further observations of that patient. Among these measurements are height, weight, and vital signs. After completing this lesson, you should be able to: - Cite from a list, three reasons why patients are weighed.
- Cite from a list, six principles related to weighing patients.
- Match terms related to body temperature with the correct definition.
- Cite from a list, the converted Fahrenheit to Centigrade temperature or vice versa.
- Identify patients who are at risk of hypothermia.
- Identify methods for obtaining an oral, rectal, and axillary temperature.
- Identify precautions, which must be taken when obtaining an oral, rectal, and axillary temperature.
- Identify anatomical sites where a pulse may be taken.
- Cite from a list, factors which affect the pulse rate.
- Match terms describing a pulse with the correct definition.
- Match terms related to breathing patterns with the correct definition.
- Match terms related to blood pressure with the correct definition.
- Cite from a list, the correct statements relating to a normal adult blood pressure.
- Identify factors, which influence blood pressure values.
- Identify anatomical sites where the blood pressure may be taken.
- Cite from a list, principles related to obtaining the blood pressure.
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