A Vital Sign Reading of X The following paper will discuss about X’s complete five day vital signs measurement, documentation, and analysis. X’s vital signs include lying, sitting and standing blood pressure readings and also a pulse with each blood pressure readings, as well as a respiratory rate take with lying position. The purpose of this assignment is to address abnormal readings and explain why these trends occur and also to addressing two logical and in-depth analyses for each vital sign. The individual’s name being interviewed for this assignment will remain confidential and anonymous. The individual will be documented as X. The individual was informed that my teacher and myself will read the data provided and consent. Blood pressure (BP) is the force of the blood pushing against the side of its container, the vessel wall (Jarvis, 2009). The systolic pressure (SBP) is the maximum pressure felt on the artery during left ventricular contraction. The diastolic pressure (DBP) is the elastic recoil, or resting, pressure that the blood exerts constantly between each contraction (Jarvis, 2009). The average BP for the young adult is 120/80 mm Hg. X’s vital sign record show up two abnormal readings one is on November 23rd and seconds on December 4th. Normally X’s baseline BP readings around 100/85mm Hg but on November 23rd BP recorded 114/92 mm Hg. By looking through X’s integrated patient record it states that on November 23rd she had two medium coffees only, no breakfast and she feels very tired. According to this data X had significant elevation in response to caffeine, compared to her baseline SBP and DBP. There is acute effect of caffeine on BP, with increases in the r... ... middle of paper ... ... References Cohen, D.L., MD., & Tounsend, R.R., MD. (2007). Exaggerated systolic blood pressure response to exercise. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 9(4), 291-292. Farag, N.H., M.D, PhD., Whitsett, T.L., M.D., McKey, B.S., RN.,MBA., Wilson, M.F., MD, Vincent, A.S., PhD., Everson Rose, S.A., PhD., & Lovallo, W.R., PhD. (2010). Caffeine and blood pressure response: sex, age and hormonal status. Journal of Women’s Health, 19(6), 1171 – 1176. Doi:1089/jwh.2009.1664 Jarvis, C. (2009). Physical examination and health assessment (1st Canadian ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders. Marieb, E.N., & Hoehn, K. (2010). Human Anatomy and Physiology (8th ed). United states of America: Benjamin cummings. Schiff, W., & Durant, M. (2011). Nutrition for healthy living. McGraw – Hill Ryerson Higher Education.
The research purpose is derived from the research problem. The purpose of this study which was clearly outlined in the introduction section of the paper, sought to determine if automatic blood pressure devices could measure orthostatic hypotension accurately in emergency settings. This purpose was accompanied by research objectives and a hypothesis that focused the study. The objectives in the study sought to find the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of the automatic devices, clinical and statistical significance in postural drops, and if magnitude influenced blood pressures readings (Dind et al., 2011, p. 527).The authors also predicted in their hypothesis that the automatic devices would be less accurate if the systolic blood pressures were not between 120-180 mmHg which is their...
Pre-exercise: For this activity, each group member needed to be familiar with taking and reading another group member’s blood pressure. Many types of instruments exist for measurin...
Many argue the importance of food and its nutritional value. Food Science has been a heavily debated topic for years. Today, this topic sparks even more controversy. In Michael Pollan’s book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, Pollan shares several aspects of insight on different topics about health and how it should be approached. Pollan breaks down his overall beliefs and explanations from food nutrients to health risk factors. This book has allowed many readers and scientists to approach eating and health from different perspectives.
For years, I have been eating what I want. Food choices are a significant factor that affects our health. What we like or crave, often, is the determining variable in what we eat. Finding the right balance of food choices is the key factor in improving our health benefits. Choosing nutrient-dense foods will provide more nutritional value than foods that are found to be low in nutrient density. Making the right choices in foods, however, is extremely difficult. Often, I find myself enthralled in the latest fad, not considering the subtext of the foods I am eating, such as nutrients, vitamins, healthy fats and unhealthy fats, cholesterol and minerals. The diet project underlined a three-day food entry intake that provided a dietary analysis report
High blood pressure is called the “silent killer” because it often has no warning signs or symptoms, and many people don’t know they have it. For most patients, high blood pressure is found when they visit their health care provider or have it checked elsewhere. Because there are no symptoms, people can develop heart disease and kidney problems without knowing they have high blood pressure. Some people may experience: bad headache, mild dizziness, and blurry vision. Traditionally, diagnosis of high blood pressure (BP) has relied on consecutive checks of clinic BP over a 2 to 3 month period, with hypertension confirmed if BP remains persistently raised over 140/90 mmHg. This method of diagnosis has significant limitations because the BP measured for an individual patient in a clinic setting may not reflect their BP in day-to-day life. The main concern is that as a result of the “white coat syndrome”, hypertension may be over-diagnosed when checked in the clinic setting; resulting ...
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Proper nutrition is important in maintaining a long and healthy life. Most Americans are rushed due to their busy work schedules, and do not take the time to plan their diets properly. Like me, most Americans are unaware of the importance of eating a healthy diet and consume too many foods without the proper nutrients. Throughout my life I have been fortunate. I have not had any major health problems, and have been able to consume most foods without having to worry about gaining weight. These last two years, however, I started to gain weight and have become concerned with my diet. Changing my poor eating habits has been difficult for me, however, having this assignment has taught me that it is not as difficult as I previously imagined.
Accurate blood pressure measurements are needed in clinical practice. The process for obtaining an accurate blood pressure is very sensitive and that accuracy can be affected by several different factors of which could be; behavior of the subject, the environment that the blood pressure is taken in, the inconsistencies in process or the devices that are used to obtain the measurement of a pediatric patient or the observer of the process.
This reflection of vital signs will go into discussion about the strengths and weaknesses of each vital sign and the importance of each of them. Vital signs should be assessed many different times such as on admission to a health care facility, before and after something substantial has happened to the patient such as surgery and so forth (ref inter). I learned to assess blood pressure (BP), pulse (P), temperature (T) and respiration (R) and I will reflect and discuss which aspects were more difficult and ways to improve on them. While pulse, respiration and temperature were fairly easy to become skilled at, it was blood pressure which was a bit more difficult to understand.
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