Karen begins to overreact about how long she will need to stay in the hospital. When you arrived for your shift earlier, you remember documenting her at 16 breaths per minute. As she continues to panic, she is now breathing at 40 breaths per minute. You should...

inform the doctor of the change and await new orders.

tell her, "Don't have a cow, man!"

document this as normal. It is Karen after all and she can be very dramatic.

allow her family to help calm her down and continue with your patient rounds.

What is the proper way to assess respiration rate?

Count the number of breaths they take as you are taking their pulse so they don't know what you are doing.

Explain to your patient that you are going to be assessing the number of breaths they take in a minute.

Tell your patient to take several deep breaths so you can evaluate the quality of breath.

Place your hands on their back while they breath to feel for any unusual rattling in the chest.

Vital Signs Quiz

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

A patient states that they just drank some coffee a minute ago. You should…

Proceed with their vital signs.

Come back to do vital signs in a little bit.

Just listen to the lungs and take their temperature.

Just listen to the lungs and not return.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

An adult patient is breathing 25 breaths per minute. This is…

Just right

Way too slow

Too fast

Slightly slower than normal

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

Which blood pressure would be considered normal?

145/87

136/72

115/68

94/46

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

When you first looked at the patient, their pulse was 75. You check back in on them 2 hours later, their pulse is now 40. You should…

Document your findings and move on

Notify your superior for help

Note that there is a change in their chart

Tell the patient that there is a change

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

What does the word "vital" mean?

normal

baseline

important

routine

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

When you check a patient's vital signs, they are abnormal. You should...

document them and move on.

not document them and pretend they never happened.

tell your best friend that works on the same unit as you.

alert the doctor that they had abnormal vital signs.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 10 pts

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following are vital signs?

Pulse

Blood pressure

Temperature

Height

Weight

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Vital Signs Quiz

A patient states that they just drank some coffee a minute ago. You should…

An adult patient is breathing 25 breaths per minute. This is…

Which blood pressure would be considered normal?

When you first looked at the patient, their pulse was 75. You check back in on them 2 hours later, their pulse is now 40. You should…

What does the word "vital" mean?

When you check a patient's vital signs, they are abnormal. You should...

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following are vital signs?

Karen begins to overreact about how long she will need to stay in the hospital. When you arrived for your shift earlier, you remember documenting her at 16 breaths per minute. As she continues to panic, she is now breathing at 40 breaths per minute. You should...

Which of the following indicates the WRONG way to take a blood pressure?

What is the proper way to assess respiration rate?

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