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Chapter 4

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show written guidelines for providing care  
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individualized health care plan   show
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Minimum Data Set (MDS)   show
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Resident Assessment Protocols (RAPs)   show
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show doing the same things in the same way  
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show going to each resident to determine briefly whether they have any immediate needs  
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show devising a way of getting a job done  
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show looking at things that need to be done and putting them in the roder of importance  
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show to carry out or accomplish a given plan  
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show recognizing and noticing a fact or occurrence  
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objective observation   show
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subjective observations   show
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Fahrenheit (F)   show
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Celsius or centigrade (C)   show
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show at a right angle  
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show marked with graduations, as on a thermometer or graduate  
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bulb (thermometer)   show
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show long narrow portion of a thermometer, opposite from the bulb  
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show the rhythmic expansioni and contraction of the arteries, which can be measured to show how fast the heart is beating  
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show pulse felt at the inner aspect of the wrist (radial artery)  
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rate pulse   show
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show the regularity of the pulse beats  
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show strength or power described as weak or bounding  
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apical pulse   show
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show instrument that picks up sound when placed against part of the body  
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respiration   show
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labored respirations   show
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show abnormal noises like snoring when breathing  
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abdominal respirations   show
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show breathing with only the upper part of the lungs  
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irregular respiration   show
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show a kind of breathign that can be observed when a resident is near death. THe breathing is slow and shallow at first, followed by faster and deeper breathing, which reaches a peak, then stops completely. The pattern then repeats until breathing stops  
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blood pressure   show
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show pressure created when the ehart is contracting; highest pressure  
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show pressure when the heart is relaxed (the lowest pressure)  
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a) hypertension b) hypotension   show
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sphygmomanometer   show
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