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Preface
About the Authors
Content Advisory Team
Customization
Level of Organization
Acknowledgements: eCampusOntario
1. General Points to Consider in Vital Sign Measurement
2. Introduction
3. What are Normal Temperature Ranges?
4. What is Temperature?
5. Why is Temperature Measured?
6. Methods of Measurement
7. Oral Temperature
8. Tympanic Temperature
9. Axillary Temperature
10. Rectal Temperature
11. Finding the Error Activity: Tympanic Temperature
12. Finding the Error Activity: Tympanic Temperature – Feedback
13. Try it Out
14. Try it Out: Oral Temperature
15. Try it Out: Tympanic Temperature
16. Try it Out: Axilla Temperature
17. Test Yourself: Answers
18. Test Yourself: List in the Correct Order
19. Test Yourself: List in the Correct Order – Answers
20. Chapter Summary
21. Test Yourself
22. Test Yourself: List in the Correct Order – Answers
23. Chapter Summary
24. Test Yourself: List in the Correct Order
25. Respiration Technique
26. Finding the Error Activity: Radial Pulse
27. Finding the Error Activity: Radial Pulse – Feedback
28. Finding the Error Activity: Infant Apical Pulse
29. Finding the Error Activity: Infant Apical Pulse – Answer
30. Try it Out
31. Try it Out: Radial Pulse and Respiration
32. Try it Out: Apical Pulse
33. Test Yourself
34. Test Yourself: Answers
35. What is Respiration?
36. Apical Pulse
37. Brachial Pulse
38. What is Pulse?
39. Why is Pulse Measured?
40. What Pulse Qualities are Assessed?
41. Radial Pulse
42. Carotid Pulse
43. Test Yourself: List in the Correct Order
44. Test Yourself: List in the Correct Order – Answers
45. Chapter Summary
46. What is Oxygen Saturation?
47. How is Oxygen Saturation Measured?
48. What are Normal Oxygen Saturation Levels?
49. Oxygen Saturation Technique
50. Finding the Error Activity 1: Pulse Oximetry
51. Finding the Error Activity 1: Pulse Oximetry – Feedback
52. Finding the Error Activity 2: Pulse Oximetry
53. Finding the Error Activity 2: Pulse Oximetry – Feedback
54. Try it Out: Pulse Oximetry
55. Test Yourself
56. Test Yourself: Answers
57. Hypotension
58. Finding the Error Activity: Blood Pressure
59. Finding the Error Activity: Blood Pressure – Feedback
60. Try it Out
61. Try it Out: Two-step Blood Pressure
62. Try it Out: One-step Blood Pressure
63. Test Yourself
64. Test Yourself – Answers
65. Test Yourself: List in the Correct Order
66. Test Yourself: List in the Correct Order – Answers
67. Hypertension
68. What Should the Healthcare Provider Consider?
69. What is Blood Pressure?
70. Factors That Influence Blood Pressure
71. Why is Blood Pressure Measured?
72. What are Normal Blood Pressure Ranges?
73. How is Blood Pressure Measured?
74. Manual Blood Pressure Measurement
75. Chapter Summary
76. Knowledge Integration
77. Case Study 1: Adult Client
78. Case Study 4: Older Adult Client (continued)
79. Case Study 5: Adolescent