TAILIEUCHUNG - Ebook Simers DHO health science (9/E): Part 2

(BQ) Part 2 book “Simers DHO health science” has contents: Vital signs, preparing for the world of work, dental assistant skills, laboratory assistant skills, medical assistant skills, nurse assistant skills, physical therapy skills, business and accounting skills. | 16 Vital Signs CHAPTER OBJECTIVES After completing this chapter, you should be able to: • List the five main vital signs. • Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, or vice versa. • Read a clinical thermometer to the nearest two-tenths of a degree. • Measure and record oral temperature accurately. • Measure and record rectal temperature accurately. • Measure and record axillary temperature accurately. • Measure and record tympanic (aural) temperature accurately. • Measure and record temporal temperature accurately. • Measure and record radial pulse to an accuracy within 62 beats per minute. • Count and record respirations to an accuracy within 61 respiration per minute. • Measure and record apical pulse to an accuracy within 62 beats per minute. • Measure and record blood pressure to an accuracy within 62 mm of actual reading. • State the normal range for oral, axillary, and rectal temperature; pulse; respirations; and systolic and diastolic pressure. • Define, pronounce, and spell all key terms. KEY TERMS apical pulse (ape9-ih-kal) apnea (ap9-nee 0-ah) arrhythmia (ah-rith9-me-ah) aural temperature axillary temperature blood pressure bradycardia (bray9-dee-car 9-dee-ah) bradypnea (brad 0-ip-nee9-ah) character Cheyne-Stokes (chain9-stokes 0) clinical thermometers cyanosis diastolic (die0-ah-stall9-ik) dyspnea (dis(p)9-nee 0-ah) electronic thermometers fever homeostasis (home 0-ee-oh-stay9-sis) hypertension hyperthermia (high-pur-therm9-ee-ah) hypotension hypothermia (high-po-therm9-ee-ah) oral temperature 446 Copyright 2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it. 447 V

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• Simers DHO health science
• Vital signs
• Dental assistant skills
• Laboratory assistant skills
• Medical assistant skills
• Nurse assistant skills
• Health care
• Health care systems
• Ethical responsibilities
• Medical terminology
• Human growth
• Cultural diversity
• Simmers DHO health science
• Health science
• Physical therapy skills
• Important resources
• Certification requirements
• Nursing assistant
• Nurse aide exam
• Nurse aide practical skills exam