The nurse is assessing the vital signs of a 3-year-old patient who appears to have an irregular respiratory pattern. How should the nurse assess this child's respirations?
a. Respirations should be counted for 1 full minute, noticing rate and rhythm.
b. Child's pulse and respirations should be simultaneously checked for 30 seconds.
c. Child's respirations should be checked for a minimum of 5 minutes to identify any variations in his or her respiratory pattern.
d. Patient's respirations should be counted for 15 seconds and then multiplied by 4 to obtain the number of respirations per minute.
Question 2
The nurse is assessing the vital signs of a 20-year-old male marathon runner and documents the following vital signs: temperature-36 C; pulse-48 beats per minute; respirations-14 breaths per minute; blood pressure-104/68 mm Hg.
Which statement is true concerning these results?
a.
The patient is experiencing tachycardia.
b.
These are normal vital signs for a healthy, athletic adult.
c.
The patient's pulse rate is not normalhis physician should be notified.
d.
On the basis of these readings, the patient should return to the clinic in 1 week.
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