Online Companion: Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice 2E

Chapter Objectives

After reading Chapter 27, the student should be ready to
• Recall the physiologic principles underlying regulation of body temperature, respiration, and hemodynamic regulation.
• Describe the equipment used to measure vital signs.
• Recognize established age-related norms in vital signs.
• Describe the procedure for measuring temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respiration.
• Describe how data from the physical examination are used in nursing care.
• Discuss client considerations before, during, and after the physical examination.
• Describe the use of inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation in the physical examination of each body system.
• Discuss the documentation of vital sign measurement and physical examination.