NCLEX-RN Complete Prep Course — Lesson 74: Vital Signs: Normal Ranges by Age, Orthostatic Changes, and When to Act

Sarah Mitchell lays out the adult vital sign ranges and the pediatric pattern of faster pulse, faster breathing, and lower pressure in younger children. She covers blood pressure cuff and positioning errors, Korotkoff sounds and the auscultatory gap, the 20-10-20 orthostatic rule, pulse deficit and apical pulse rules, Kussmaul, Cheyne-Stokes, and Biot breathing, temperature routes and fever management, pain scales and pulse oximetry blind spots, and how to read a vital sign trend for early shock, sepsis, and Cushing's triad.

Lesson 74 of 125 in the NCLEX-RN Complete Prep Course audio course from ExamPrepRise.

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