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| Average temperature range for adult |
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| 36º-38º C (96.8º-100.4º F) |
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| Average tympanic temperature |
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| 99.6 F. Usually one degree higher than Oral and tempanice temperature. |
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| How do you take the tympanic temperature in an adult? child? |
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◦to measure for an adult pull pinna up and back
◦to measure for a child pull pinna down and back |
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| What is the color of the rectal themometer? oral themometer? |
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Red tip- rectal ( RR)
Blue tip- oral |
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| what positon do you place the patient in when you are taking a rectal temperature? |
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| Average temperature for axillary |
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| 97.6 F. Usually one degree lower than oral and tempanic |
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| What is the average temperature for a new born? |
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| Average temperature for the elderly |
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| what is the equation to convert fahrenheit to celcius? |
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| What is the conversion for Celcius to fahrenheit? |
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| What is a remitten fever? |
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| Fever spikes and falls without a return to normal temperature levels. |
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| What is an intermitten fever? |
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| Fever spikes interspersed with usual temperature levels. Temperature returns to acceptable value at least once in 24 hours. |
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| What is a sustained fever? |
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| A constant body temperature continuously above 38° C (100.4° F) that has little fluctuation. |
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| What is the normal pulse range for an adult? |
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| What is the average pulse for an adolescent? |
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| What is the average pulse range for school aged childern? |
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| What is the average pulse rate for pre-schoolers? |
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| What is the average pulse rate for toddlers? |
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| What is the average pulse rate for an infant? |
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| Where do you take an apical pulse? |
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| use the left side of the mid-clavicular line, 5th intercoastal space |
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| Where is your radial pulse? |
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| How do you assess a pulse? |
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| rate, rhythm, strength, equality |
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| What are factors that influence pulse rate? |
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| stress, sleep, shock, exercise,temperature, emotions, drugs, hemmorrhage, postural changes, pulmonary conditions, nicotine and caffine |
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| HB abnormally slow <60 bpm for adults |
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| HB abnormally fast >100 bpm for adults |
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