Considered the 5th vital sign by many facilities:

If a patient has a fever, we describe them as:

Abnormal respiration that is caused by the narrowing of the bronchioles, often heard in patients with asthma.

A temperature above this number is considered to by hyperthermia.

A tympanic thermometer is also called:

Which of the following blood pressures is a hypotensive reading?

The instrument used to obtain a blood pressure reading is a/an:

The most accurate method to obtain a temperature:

The systolic (top) number in a blood pressure should be below this number:

A severe form of dyspnea (painful, difficult breathing) in which a patient must sit upright to breathe is called:

A form of hypotension that occurs when a patient changes position quickly (causes dizziness) is called:

An irregular pulse rate is called a/an:

Difficulty breathing is called:

The bluish gray skin color that occurs due to hypoxia (low blood oxygen):

Pulse site found on the top of the foot:

The normal range of respirations in an adult is:

The nurse takes a patient's temperature and it is 97.8. This patient should be described as:

If you are using a glass thermometer to obtain an oral temperature, it should be held under the tongue for this amount of time:

Blood pressure is always expressed: