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NURS 1019 Week 2

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Physical Examination Techniques Inspection; Percussion; Palpation; Auscultation
Inspection Concentrated watching
Palpation using your sense of touch
Aucultation Listening to sounds produced by the body
Components of Peripheral Vascular System Arteries, Veins, lymphatics
Difference btwn Artery and Veins veins carry deoxygenated blood, arteries carry oxygenated blood; veins have valves; artery walls are thicker; arteries have a pulse b/c they're high pressure systems
Lymphatic System Organs Thymus, Spleen, Tonsils
Pulses Apical, Radial, Femoral, Popliteal, Dorsalis pedis, Posterior tibial
BP Normal Range 100/60 - 130/85
Pulse Normal Range 60 - 100 beats per minute
Respiration Rate 14 - 20 breaths per minute
BP determined by 5 factors Cardiac output; peripheral vascular resistance; volume; viscosity; elasticity of arterial walls
Systole maximum pressure felt on the artery during left ventricular contraction
Diastole elastic recoil, or resting pressure that the blood constantly exerts on the artery
Pulse Pressure Difference between systolic & diastolic; reflects stroke volume
Apical pulse location? 5th intercostal space at left midventricular line
Temperature Normal Range 35.8 - 37.3
Created by: clarashin
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