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vital signs contraindication and indications
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- 2. - common policyfor patients - post operative patients - severely ill - psychiatric patients Frequency of Vital signs
- 3. Body Temperature Factors Influencingbody temperature: - time of day - age - emotions - exercise - menstrual cycle - external environment - ingestion of warm and cold foods Oral Temperature Contraindicated for: - unconscious - seizure-prone - infants and young children - oral cavity - who breaths in their mouth - post-op nose or mouth surgery
- 4. Body Temperature Rectal Temperature Contraindicatedfor: - rectal surgery - diarrhea - disease of the rectum Axillary Temperature Contraindicated for: - has just been washed - chest surgery
- 5. Pulse Factor Affecting Pulse: -pain - age - strong emotions - exercise - body position - medication - decrease blood pressure - condition resulting in Different Sites: 1. Carotid 2. Apical 3. Radial 4. Brachial 5. Temporal 6. Femoral 7. Popliteal 8. Pedal
- 6. Respiration When taking respiration note: 1.rate 2. rhythm 3. character 4. depth Breath Sounds - wheezing - stridor - rales/ crackles - pleural rub Character: - tachypnea - bradypnea - apnea - hyperventilation - Cheyne-stokes respiration - Biot’s respiration - Kussmaul’s respiration - Parodoxical respiration
- 7. Blood Pressure Ensure AccurateReading by: 1. take blood pressure only if the patient is lying or sitting unless otherwise instructed 2. Correctly apply the proper size cuff and keep patient’s arm at or below the level of the heart 3. Place diaphragm of stethoscope over brachial artery and read the sphygmomanometer meter gauge accurately *NO BP taking at the dialysis site of the patient*