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

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

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

Older adult patients with hypertension may have an auscultatory gap in their Korotkoff sounds. It is important when taking their blood pressure measurement to:

The nurse explains to a patient that the pulse oximeter can measure the arterial oxygen by:

A 45-year-old patient who is alert and oriented has a blood pressure of 98/66 mm Hg, radial pulse of 76 beats/min (irregular), and respirations of 18 breaths/min (regular). The best nursing intervention is to:

A nurse caring for a patient on bed rest with a history of respiratory health problems should:

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:

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:

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

A nurse is caring for a patient with a cardiac disease history. When measuring vital signs, the nurse finds that the radial pulse is 102 beats/min and irregular. The nurse correctly: