MM - Vitals/Growth and Maternal/Newborn

For a blood pressure reading, the number on top measures...

• Diastolic Pressure
• Systolic Pressure
• Diastemic Pressure
• Systemic Pressure

The number on the bottom of a BP reading measures...

• Pressure during a heart contraction
• Pressure between heart beats
• Pressure of the blood vessels on the blood
• Thickness of blood

When taking a respiration rate do all of the following EXCEPT

• watch the chest

• tell the patient to count

• count for one minute

• record respiration rate

You count respirations for how long?

• 1 minute
• 5 minutes

Average temperature is ...

• 100.4

• 96.8

• 98.6

• 97.0

Where would you find a brachial pulse?

• by the groin

• in the neck

• just above the elbow

• top side of the foot

The American Heart Association recommends that a patient sit quietly for about how many minutes before obtaining a blood pressure?

• none

• 1 minute

• 2 minutes

• 5 minutes

Strength of the pulse is defined as

• rhythm

• pain

• volume

• rate

Normal heart rate for adults

• 60-100 beats per minute

• 80-110 beats per minute

• 70-100 beats per minute

• 100-160 beats per minute

Tachypnea means

• fast shallow breathing

• faster than normal pulse

• slow pulse

• slow breathing