Comprehensive Study Guide on Vital Signs, Fever Management, and Hemodynamics

Vocabulary flashcards covering adult vital signs, factors influencing vital signs, fever responses, fever care, and blood pressure factors based on the study guide.

Normal Adult Vital Signs

The key adult parameters consisting of pulse, respirations, temperature, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation (SpO2).

Factors Affecting Vital Signs

Influences that cause vital signs to go up or down, including exercise, stress/anxiety, pain, fever, medications, age, sleeping, illness, and body position.

Fever

A state when body temperature rises and the body tries to cool itself.

Body Responses to Fever

Physiological reactions during a fever, which include chills, sweating, faster heart rate, faster breathing, and dehydration.

Nursing Interventions for Fever

Care actions for managing a fever, including checking temperature, encouraging fluids if allowed, removing extra blankets, giving medications as ordered, monitoring vital signs, and watching for dehydration.

Cardiac Output

How much blood the heart pumps.

Blood Vessel Resistance

How tight or relaxed the blood vessels are.

Blood Volume

How much blood is in the body.

Blood Viscosity

How thick the blood is.

Contractility

How strongly the heart squeezes.

Preload

How much blood fills the heart before it squeezes.