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Basic Nursing Care Test

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irregular respiration
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Fahrenheit (F)
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stertorous respirations
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objective observation
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apical pulse
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stethoscope
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Cheyne-Stokes respiration
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labored respirations
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sphygmomanometer
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individualized health care plan
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continuity
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perpendicular
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observation
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diastolic pressure
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rate pulse
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systolic pressure
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stem (thermometer)
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Celsius or centigrade (C)
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Resident Assessment Protocols (RAPs)
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shallow respiration
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measurement of temperature in which 32 degrees is the freezing point and 212 degress is the boiling point for water
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pressure when the heart is relaxed (the lowest pressure)
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long narrow portion of a thermometer, opposite from the bulb
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heartbeat measured at the apex of the heart
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the number of pulse beats per minute
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instrument that picks up sound when placed against part of the body
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a change in the depth of breathing and unsteady rate of rise and fall of the best
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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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difficult breathing that may include gugling, rattling, or wheezing sounds
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pressure created when the ehart is contracting; highest pressure
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breathing with only the upper part of the lungs
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recognizing and noticing a fact or occurrence
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plan of care tailored to reflect the inviduality of each resident
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facts observed and not distorted by personal feelings (ex: the dress is red)
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abnormal noises like snoring when breathing
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measurement of temperature in which 1 degrees is the freezing point and 100 degrees is the boiling point
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at a right angle
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doing the same things in the same way
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instrument used to measure blood pressure; can be either aneroid (measurer watches a calibrate dial) or mercury type (measurer watches a column of mercury)
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in-depth focused assessments on specific aspects of care such as risk for falls or tube feeding
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measurable force fo the blood against the walls of a blood vessel
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to carry out or accomplish a given plan
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the rhythmic expansioni and contraction of the arteries, which can be measured to show how fast the heart is beating
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written guidelines for providing care
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the regularity of the pulse beats
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portion of the thermometer that is placed in direct contact with the resident's body
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devising a way of getting a job done
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individual judgments based on personal feelings(the dress is pretty)
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marked with graduations, as on a thermometer or graduate
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looking at things that need to be done and putting them in the roder of importance

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