Nursing 1, U13: Monitoring the patient - G9/2nd Term/1432

1. Monitoring The Patient

2. The best known tests that medics use to make a diagnosis are : readings of the four standards: 1-Temperature 2- The heart rate(PULS) 3-Blood pressure. 4-Respiratory rate.

3. There are 6 types for assessing the patient's health and making a diagnosis:

4. 1-Monitoring of body functions: includes : vital signs, bowel , bladder habits, growth, movement, responsiveness and the electric activity of the heart and brain.

5. 2- Analysis of body fluids such as : blood, urine, spinal and brain fluid.

6. 3- Imaging Generally: getting pictures of what is going on inside the body, as x-rays, Ultrasound, radioisotope scans, computed tomography (CT) scans, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Position emission tomography (PET) scan.

7. 4-Endoscopy the use of a flexible viewing tube (endoscope) to look inside the body. An endoscope has a light and a camera, and sometimes a tool to cut and remove tissue

8. 5-Biopsy The removal of tissue samples for examination. Tissues that are commonly examined include : skin, breast, lung, liver, kidney and bone.

9. 6-Analysis of genetic material In cells from skin, blood .bone narrow to look for abnormalities of chromosomes and genes.

10. bpm: Breathe per minute or beat per minute New Vocabulary

11. Varies: different from one to another

12. Traumatic: shock make a brain damage

13. ICU: department in hospital to take careofcoma , and trauma patients

14. lack of :no sign of

15. Slurred: talking without separating the words

16. Irrational:not logical , not make any sense

17. Shivering:shaking

18. Rigid:hard , solid

19. Pale:discoloured

20. Appendectomy :operation to take out the appendix

21. Co-ordination :make a group of people or things together

22. Insert:Admission , entrance

23. Wound:injury

24. Electroencephalogram:lines on papers show the activity of the brain

25. Ventilator: breathing using machine

26. Oximeter:to give the oxidation a number

27. Stethoscope :instrument used to listen to the heart, lung

28. Pressure cuff: it’s a measurement tool for blood pressure (bp)

29. Diastolic: when the heart relaxes and fills with blood between beats Systolic pressure : when the heart contracts and forces out blood

30. The normal temperature 36.5-37.2

31. Bp(Blood pressure): 90/60- 140/90 (The normal) The heart rate : 60-100 beats per miunte

32. The respiration rate:1-12-20 breaths per minute 2-the maximum heart rate when exercising should be (220 - your age)

33. Thanks for Your attention

34. ::Done by 1- EbtehalOmar Bassaif. 2- KhadeejaAziz AL-Rahman