Reference no: EM133583282
Question: Mary Robins, a 53-year-old patient, is scheduled for a routine dental prophylaxis. You escort her back to the treatment area, review her health history update, and take her vital signs. The readings that were obtained today are temperature 99° F, pulse 75, respiration 20, and blood pressure 148/95.
1. What type of procedure is dental prophylaxis? Which dental professional would most likely be treating Mrs. Robins today?
2. As the clinical assistant in the office, what could be your role for seeing this patient today?
3. How would Mrs. Robins be positioned for taking vital signs?
4. Mrs. Robins states that she should not have her blood pressure taken on her left arm because she has had a mastec-tomy. She indicates that her lymph nodes were also removed on that side and the doctor told her not to have her blood pressure taken on that side. Why would a doctor say this? You may need to refer to the Internet for the reason why.
5. In addition to the rate of respiration, what characteristics of the patient's respiration should you note in her patient record? 6. Are any of the readings not within normal range?