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

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:

When caring for a victim with a gunshot wound to the abdomen who has lost a significant amount of blood, the nurse would anticipate the vital signs to reflect:

The nurse is informed that a patient had abnormal heart sounds during the night shift. When auscultating abnormal heart sounds, the nurse knows to listen to heart sounds with the:

The nurse anticipates that if the stroke volume of a patient is reduced, the pulse will be:

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

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

To correctly determine the strength of a patient's lower extremities during a neurological examination, the nurse asks the patient to:

A patient was admitted with possible head trauma after a motor vehicle accident. The nursing implementation with the highest priority is to:

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

Regarding the blood pressure in children, the diastolic pressure is assessed by the auscultation of a: