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Okay, this question here says pneumonia.
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What deviation would you suspect in the patient's vital signs? what nursing responsibilities should be considered prior to conducting an assessment? what possible questions should you ask the patient or significant other to further assess the patient's condition that could possibly support the diagnosis? so in this case, regarding the deviation in vital signs, in pneumonia, vital signs may show deviation from the normal range.
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Common findings could be fever.
00:28
Fever, that is an increased body temperature, but in some cases, especially in older adults or immunocompromised individuals, there may be hypothermia, it means low body temperature instead of fever.
00:42
Also, we can have here increased respiratory rate, also known as tachypnea, due to the body's attempt to increase oxygen intake and remove carbon dioxide.
00:51
We can also have increased in the heart rate, also known as tachycardia, as a response to fever hypoxia or systemic inflammation we have here also that we can have increased or decreased blood pressure okay depending on the severity and individual response to infection sometimes people with pneumonia can get shocked okay can can evolve to shock to to septic shock specifically and also signs of respiratory distress such as increased work of breathing and use of accessory muscles this is not part of vital signs so regarding the nursing responsibilities prior to assessment we have to ensure that the patient is in a comfortable position that allows for adequate lung expansion and easy access for assessment we can also a a gather necessary assessment equipment including a status code for auscultation thermometer to measure like the body temperature and also pulse oximeter to see to assess for oxygenation we also have to assess the patient's respiratory status and level of distress before proceeding with a more thorough assessment and consider the patient's comfort and privacy during the assessment process.
01:59
Now regarding the possible questions for further assessment, we have to ask for the onset and duration of symptoms...