Vital Signs

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CNA Health Quiz on Vital Signs, created by Reecie Lacy on 06/11/2020.
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Question 1

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What are the vital signs?
Answer
  • temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure (T, P, R, BP)
  • The number of heartbeats or pulses felt in 1 minute
  • The beat of the heartfelt at an artery as a wave of blood that passes through the artery

Question 2

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What measures can be taken to increase the body temperature?
Answer
  • Direct fan toward the body
  • Increase the temperature in the room
  • Remove coverings from the body

Question 3

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Heat loss means heat is normally lost from the body through the skin, the lungs in breathing, and by elimination (urine and feces).
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

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The normal temperature ranges are...
Answer
  • Oral 98.6 F Rectal 99.6 F Axillary 97.6 F
  • Oral 96.6 F Rectal 99.6 F Axillary 95.6 F
  • Oral 100.1 F Rectal 94.4 F Axillary 83.3 F

Question 5

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What is the purpose of vital signs?
Answer
  • Assess the functioning of vital organs: the heart, lungs, and brain.
  • to temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure.
  • To make sure that the resident does not have an infection.

Question 6

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Which one of these is not a type of thermometer?
Answer
  • stethoscope
  • Non-mercury oral and axillary
  • Tympanic
  • Electronic

Question 7

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Do Not Take Oral Temperatures On:
Answer
  • adult
  • someone who is dehydrated
  • Infant or child younger than 4 or 5 years
  • someone in good health

Question 8

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Do Not Take Rectal Temperatures on someone who...
Answer
  • Is sick
  • has diarrhea
  • has a sore mouth
  • breathes through their mouth.
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