what is the rationale for flexing knees and keeping It is the monthly time for the nursing assistant to take a residents vital sign. The resident has a history of high blood pressure and is on an antihypertensive medication. The resident has been eating ice cream four or five times a day and requesting at least three for breakfast and two during the nighttime hours. The nursing assistant has been giving the resident food every time the resident requests it because the previous month the resident lost 12 pounds. 1. What factors does the nursing assistant need to consider regarding changes that can occur in a residents vital signs? 2. Why is it important for the nursing assistant to report any changes in a residents vital signs to the nurse immediately? 3. The nursing assistant took the residents temperature orally and got a reading of 99.4°F. Does this need to be reported to the nurse immediately? Why or why not? 4. The nursing assistant took the residents pulse and got a reading of 78, weak and irregular. Does this need to be reported to the nurse immediately? Why or why not? 5. The nursing assistant needs to take the residents respirations. What qualities should the nursing assistant note when measuring the residents respirations? 6. The nursing assistant needs to take the residents blood pressure. What is the normal range for an adults blood pressure that the nursing assistant must remember and what findings must be reported to the nurse immediately? 7. Why is it important for the nursing assistant to accurately measure a residents weight? The nursing assistant has to change the bed of a resident who was incontinent of diarrhea in bed. The resident got up and did not say anything to anyone about the diarrhea. Her daughter found it when visiting and was putting something away in the residents room. The daughter requested that the nursing assistant change the bed linens. 1. What is the best way for the nursing assistant to handle clean and soiled linens in a way tha
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