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2024 CNA - Chapter 14 | Questions & Answers (Solved) With 100% Verified Answers

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1. vital signs Answer: measurements—temperature, pulse, respiratio's, blood pressure,pain level— that monitor the functioning of the vital organs of the body. 2. radial pulse Answer: the pulse... located on the inside of the wrist, where the radial arteryruns just beneath the skin. 3. brachial pulse Answer: the pulse located inside the elbow, about one to one-and-a-halfinches above the elbow. 4. apical pulse Answer: the pulse located on the left side of the chest, just below the nipple. 5. Stethoscope Answer: an instrument designed to listen to sounds within the body. 6. Respiration Answer: the process of breathing air into the lungs and exhaling air out of thelungs. 7. Inspiration Answer: breathing in 8. Expiration Answer: exhaling air out of the lungs 9. Apnea Answer: the absence of breathing 10. Dyspnea Answer: difficulty breathing 11. Eupnea Answer: normal breathing 12. Orthopnea Answer:shortness of breath when lying down that is relieved by sitting up. 13. Tachypnea Answer: rapid breathing 14. Cheyene-Stokes Answer: alternating periods of slow, irregular breathing and rapid,shallow breathing. 15. Systolic Answer: first measurement of blood pressure; phase when the heart is at work, contracting and pushing the blood from the left ventricle of the heart. 16. Diastolic Answer: second measurement of blood pressure; phase when the heart relax-es or rests. 17. hypertension (HTN) Answer: high blood pressure, measuring 140/90 or higher. 18. Prehypertension Answer: a condition in which a person has a systolic measurement of120-139 mm Hg and a diastolic measurement of 80-89 mm Hg; indicates that the person does not have high blood pressure now but is likely to have it in the future. 19. Hypotension Answer: low blood pressure measuring 100/60 or lower 20. Sphygmomanometer Answer: a blood pressure cuff 21. sitz bath Answer: a warm soak ofthe perineal area to clean perineal wounds and reduce inflammation and pain. 22. intravenous (IV) Answer: into a vein 23. oxygen therapy Answer: the administration of oxygen to increase the supply of oxygento the lungs [Show More]

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