If dehydration occurs, the blood pressure will

The nurse would record a pulse as bradycardic if the rate were:

The nurse taking an apical pulse would place the stethoscope at:

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a family history of hypertension. The nurse should inform the client that his blood pressure reading of 124/84 mm Hg places him in which of the following categories?

If a silence is heard between sounds when auscultating blood pressure, it is termed a(n)

Because the older adult's blood vessels are nonelastic, they are prone to orthostatic hypotension. A priority intervention for a patient with orthostatic hypotension is to:

A nurse is instructing a nursing student on performing pupillary checks on a patient with a possible head injury. Which statement indicates that the nursing student understands the concept?

A very pertinent part of the physical examination on a patient with back pain is

The nurse documents vital signs on a newly admitted patient as: "blood pressure is 170/90 mm Hg, the pulse is 80 beats/min, and the respirations are 16 breaths/min." The nurse would record the pulse pressure as:

A 52-year-old patient presents with malaise, fatigue, chest congestion, and a chronic cough. While collecting assessment data, an important question to ask is

When educating a patient about the warning signs of cancer, the nurse includes which of the following? (Select all that apply.)