ATI PN Fundamentals Proctored Exam Practice Questions - Set 24

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• Wrap the blood pressure cuff snugly around the arm.
• Center the cuff bladder over the brachial artery.
• Place the client's arm above the level of the heart.
• Check the instrument gauge to ensure the reading starts at zero

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• pulse deficit
• diastolic
• auscultatory gap
• widened pulse pressure

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• check the patient's record to determine his baseline blood pressure.
• notify the charge nurse of the hypotension.
• check medications that might be the cause of the irregularity.
• notify the doctor of the bradycardia.

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• place the arm so that the brachial artery is at waist level.
• chat with the patient to reduce any anxiety in the patient.
• request that the patient put feet flat on the floor.
• position the patient so that the arm is level with the shoulder.

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• After palpating the abdomen
• Prior to percussing the abdomen
• After checking for kidney tenderness
• Prior to inspecting the abdomen

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• increase in temperature.
• decrease in pulse.
• decrease in blood pressure.
• decrease in respirations.

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• pump up the cuff until no sound is heard and then let the air out.
• stop midway and begin to inflate again.
• make sure the bell of the stethoscope is placed firmly over the artery.
• continue to listen until the cuff is deflated.

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• 62 beats/min.
• 59 beats/min.
• 64 beats/min.
• 60 beats/min.

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• become muffled.
• decrease.
• remain the same.
• Increase

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• 54 mm Hg
• 80 mm Hg.
• 64 mm Hg.
• 14 mm Hg.