NURS 2160 Final: Skills Final Study guide
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Based on agency institutional policy and procedures. Anytime there is a change in the patient"s condition. Before and after surgical or invasive diagnostic procedures. Before and after activity that may increase risk. Before administering medications that affect cardiovascular or respiratory functioning. Patients who are at greatest risk for an adverse outcome should receive more frequent assessments. Residents classified as medicare a (meaning they have been discharged from the hospital and now medicare is paying for their stay to receive skilled nursing care) vital signs are taken daily. Normal adult t: 36-37 c (97-98. 6 f) The effort to breathe out forcibly while the mouth and nose are firmly close d or the vocal cords pressed together. The valsalva manoeuvre is employed while s training at stool and in other circumstances. Itcauses a rise in blood pressu re followed by a sharp drop and then a second sharp rise in blood press ure.
