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NUR218 EXAM 1 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS trending vitals - ....ANSWER ...-over time part of the vitals are changing ex. heart rate trending VP. helps to see if they're doing better or worse vital signs - ....ANSWER ...-physical signs that indicate an individual is alive normal vital signs change with - ....ANSWER ...-sex, weight, exercise, tolerance, and condition your job as a nurse with vital signs is to what - ....ANSWER ...-MEASURE vital signs correctly, UNDERSTAND and INTERPRET values, COMMUNICATE findings appropriately and begin INTERVENTIONS as needed good deviation - ....ANSWER ...-HR is 150, do intervention to bring that down bad deviation - ....ANSWER ...-safe surgery, everything fine then they get fever. this is bad baseline is used to identify what - ....ANSWER how do you establish trends - ....ANSWER ...-changes in patient status ...-use the baseline and take a series of vital sign measurements to get a patient trends frequency - ....ANSWER ...-depend on patient status and clinical judgement ...©️ 2025, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1