Author Question: A nursing student is learning to take vital signs. He is practicing taking a pulse at home on his ... (Read 87 times)

lak · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nursing student is learning to take vital signs. He is practicing taking a pulse at home on his mother. He carefully counts the beats per minute and determines the rhythm. He finds that his mother's heart rate is 58 beats per minute.

He knows that this is considered: A. tachycardia.
B. bradycardia.
C. a normal heart rate for an adult.
D. a dysrhythmia.

Question 2

A registered nurse was pulled from her normal unit to fill in for a pediatric unit. She is caring for a 16-year-old patient who refuses to cooperate for a dressing change.

The nurse tells the patient that she will tie the patient down if she does not hold still. This threat is an example of which of the following? A. Assault
B. Unintentional tort
C. Battery
D. Felony

ecabral0 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Tachycardia is an abnormally elevated heart rate, more than 100 beats per minute in adults. Bradycardia is a slow rate, less than 60 beats per minute in adults.

Answer to Question 2

A
Assault is an intentional threat toward another person that gives that person a reasonable fear of harmful contact. No actual contact is required for an assault to occur. An example of an assault in nursing practice is to threaten to restrain a patient for an x-ray procedure when the patient has refused consent.