1. If the blood pressures is 142/78, it is considered a. normal. b. abnormal. c. prehypertension....
1. An adult blood pressure reading of 128/88 mm Hg is: a) Prehypertension b) Hypertensive c) Hypotensive d) Normal 2. Factors which affect temperature include which of the following (select all that apply). a) Age b) Weight c) Environmental temperature d) Exercise e) Stress 3. The most appropriate position in obtaining a rectal temperature for an adult would be: a) Sim's b) Lateral c) Fowler's d) Supine 4. In order to ensure correct placement, how should a tympanic thermometer be...
1 Diastolic blood pressures are assumed to follow a normal distribution with a mean of 87 and a standard deviation of 10. a. What proportion of people have diastolic blood pressure less than 90? n have diastolic blood pressur c. If someone has a diastolic blood pressure of 100, what percentile is he/she in? 2. Suppose that the average Lehman College student reports using social media like Facebook and Snapchat an average of 6 hours a week, with a standard...
A normal blood pressure reading is less than 120/80 where both numbers are gauge pressures measured in milliliters of mercury (mmHg). What are the (a) absolute and (b) gauge pressures in pascals at the base of a 0.120m column of mercury.
A normal blood pressure reading is less than 120/80 where both numbers are gauge pressures measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). What are the a.) absolute and b.) gauge pressures in pascals at the base of a 0.120 m column of mercury?
ure 14-18. The medical assistant uses a easure the circumference of an infant's flexible tape to measure the circumference of an head. REVIEW CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER CASE STUDY QUESTIONS Multiple-Choice Questions Now that you have completed this chapter, review the case study at the beginning of the chapter and answer the following questions: 1. Why is it essential for you to take accurate measurements of this patient? 2. How can you help ensure the accuracy of these measurements? 1. If...
In a recent study, the Centers for Disease Control reported that diastolic blood pressures of adult women in the U.S. are approximately normally distributed with mean 80.9 and standard deviation 9.9. a) What proportion of women have blood pressures lower than 70? b) What is the 80th percentile of blood pressures? c) A woman has a blood pressure of 84 mm. What percentile is her blood pressure on? (Round up the final answer to the nearest whole number.) d) A...
1. Vitals: Oral temps? Normal values 2. Vitals: Blood Pressures? Fit? Where do you take? 3. Vitals: Pulse: Radial? Which site if patient unconscious? 4. Hygienic practice: Female? Male? 5. National Patient Safety Goals: how do we follow at work/hospital/example?
Which of these would be considered a therapeutic communication technique? (Mark all that apply) A) Open ended questions B) Approval c) A passive response D) Eye contact The nurse is performing a physical assessment on a client and notes the client's lungs are clear ad free from adventious lung sounds. You as the nurse would document this as A) Bilateral lung sounds clear B) Right lung noted to be clear of adventious lung sounds. Left lung noted to be clear...
12. The systolic blood pressures of a sample of adults are normally distributed, with a mean pressure of 115 millimeters of mercury and a standard deviation of 3.6 millimeters of mercury. The systolic blood pressures of four adults selected at random are 121 millimeters of mercury. 113 millimeters of mercury, 107 millimeters of mercury, and 128 millimeters of mercury. The graph of the standard normal distribution is shown to the right. Complete parts (a) through (c) below. (a) Without converting...
the following results were obtained on a patient : abnormal platelet function test, normal platelet count ,normal pt, and abnormal appt. whoich of the following disorders is conssitent with these results? a. hemophelia A b. hemophelia B c. von willebrand's disease d. glanzmann's thrombasthenia