The nurse is reviewing a client's vital signs from birth to age 10. Which changes would the nurse expect to find?
1. Reduction in temperature, increase in heart rate, decrease in respiratory rate, and increase in blood pressure
2. Reduction in oxygen saturation, decreased heart and respiratory rate, and decreased blood pressure
3. Reduced heart and respiratory rate and increased blood pressure
4. Decreased temperature, reduced heart and respiratory rate, and increased blood pressure
Correct Answer: 3
The nurse would expect to see a reduced heart and respiratory rate, and an increase in blood pressure from birth through childhood. Oxygen saturation and temperature will not normally change throughout childhood.
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