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This document provides information on vital signs in adults including normal ranges for blood pressure, respiratory rate, heart rate, temperature, oxygen saturation levels, and definitions of related terms like tachycardia, bradycardia, hypotension, and hypertension. It also describes proper techniques for intramuscular, intravenous, and subcutaneous injections as well as the six rights of medication administration and proper patient consent procedures.

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Note 2 Dec 2022

This document provides information on vital signs in adults including normal ranges for blood pressure, respiratory rate, heart rate, temperature, oxygen saturation levels, and definitions of related terms like tachycardia, bradycardia, hypotension, and hypertension. It also describes proper techniques for intramuscular, intravenous, and subcutaneous injections as well as the six rights of medication administration and proper patient consent procedures.

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Vital signs in Adults

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Tachycardia:-
Tachypnea:- Fast HR
Fast RR Bradycardia:-
Bradypnea:- Low HR Hypothermia Hyperthermia
Hypotension Hypertension Low RR Asystole:-
Apnea:- Flatline
Cessation of respiratory

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air ow
Regularity, strength
Orthopnea:-
Di culty breathing while
SBP2GBP
Mean arterial pressure
lying down
Dyspnea:-
Di culty breathing
Note!

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Rhythm, depth, work of breathing
and accessories muscle.

Hypoxia
2 Reduction of oxygen supply at
the tissue
saturation
Hypoxemia
De ciency of O2 in blood
INJECTIONS

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ID
Intradermal
injection
IV
Intravenous
SC
subcutaneasinsection
injection

Angle 90 Angle 10 15 Angle 250


site Deltoids, ventrogluteal,
site Inner forearm
Vastus lateralis
siteveinartery Angle 450
site
Upper posterior arm,
upper back, low
back, anterior or
lateral thigh abdomen
Six Rights of
Administration

1/ Right Patient
2/ Right Drug
3/ Right Dose
4/ Right Route
5/ Right Time
6/Right Documentation

Correct steps to enter to the patient!

1/ Introduce self to patient


( Hello, good morning, I’m nurse,,,,)
2/ Identi y the right patient
(Ask the patient name, and ID)
3/ Explain procedure Always don’t forget to
4/Gathered Equepment take permission from the
patient before you begin
5/ Maintenan Privacy any procedure even
( Close doors, Certain) though touching the
patient!
6/ Hand Hygiene
7/ Wear your Gloves
8/ Tell the patient that you will start
9/ After you nish tell the patient that you almost done
10/ Through everything in sharp container
11/ Take of your Hand Gloves
Note! 12/ Hand Hygiene
Always let the patient feel
comfortable with you as much as 13/ Documentation
you can.
Don’t forget to be aware of
embarrassing feeling and the
scared feeling too, always be
friendly, let the patient feel
comfortable before everything.

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