HCR 240 Exam 2 Study Guide || Questions and Answers.
Which part of the brain is responsible for temperature regulation? correct answers Hypothalamus
Which is a benefit of fever? correct answers Deprives bacteria of a food source
Which are free nerve endings in the afferent peripheral nervous system that selectively respond
to different chemical, mechanical, and thermal stimuli? correct answers Nociceptors
Which type of pain arises from connective tissue, muscle, bone, and skin? correct answers
Somatic
Pain in internal organs and the lining of the body cavities is called correct answers Visceral pain
Which term describes the elevation of the body temperature without an increase in the
hypothalamic set point? correct answers Hyperthermia
A healthcare professional is caring for a patient who was rewarmed after suffering from
hypothermia. What possible long-term complication will the professional continue to assess the
patient for? correct answers Renal failure
A healthcare professional is trying to lower a patient's body temperature by convection. What
action by the professional will accomplish this? correct answers Obtain a fan and set it to blow
over the patient
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep occurs in cycles approximately how often? correct answers
90 minutes
What are the expected changes in sleep patterns of older adults? correct answers Older adults
experience difficulty falling asleep with less time spent in REM sleep.
,A healthcare professional is caring for four postsurgical patients. Based on an understanding of
the physiologic process of nociceptors, the nurse expects to give more pain medication to which
patient? correct answers Repair of several crushed fingers
What does heat exhaustion result in? (Select all that apply.)
A. Profound vasodilation
B. Permanent damage to the hypothalamus
C. An increased risk for future heat exhaustion
D. Profuse sweating
E. A need to ingest cool liquids correct answers A. Profound vasodilation
D. Profuse sweating
E. A need to ingest cool liquids
Pain that warns of actual or impending tissue injury is referred to as what? correct answers Acute
The healthcare professional working in a summer camp provides cooling to campers by
radiation. What is the most appropriate action by the professional to accomplish this? correct
answers Have the campers sit inside the air-conditioned camp cafeteria.
A patient has been exposed to prolonged high environmental temperatures and now shows signs
of dehydration, decreased plasma volumes, hypotension, decreased cardiac output, and
tachycardia. What treatment does the healthcare professional prepare to administer to this
patient? correct answers Give the patient plenty of cool liquids to drink.
In acute hypothermia, what physiologic change shunts blood away from the colder skin to the
body core in an effort to decrease heat loss? correct answers Peripheral vasoconstriction
Which criterion is not used when determining brain death? correct answers Ocular response to
head turning
, An individual having difficulty concentrating is restless and irritable and briefly confused. These
changes have developed over 2-3 days. Which describes this condition? correct answers
Delirium
Which are characteristics of Alzheimer disease? (Select all that apply.)
A. Memory loss
B. Rapid onset
C. Increased irritability
D. Anxiety and depression correct answers A. Memory loss
C. Increased irritability
D. Anxiety and depression
A healthcare professional suspects a patient is brain dead. How would the professional assess for
brain death? correct answers Remove the patient's ventilator to see if spontaneous breathing
occurs.
To quickly assess a patient's nervous system for dysfunction, what assessment should the
healthcare professional perform as the priority? correct answers Level of consciousness
A patient suffered a seizure for the first time. Which of the following is the best way to explain
what a seizure is to their family members? correct answers A sudden, explosive, disorderly
discharge of brain cells
A patient had a seizure that consisted of jerking and shaking movements and loss of
consciousness.How does the healthcare professional chart this episode? correct answers Tonic-
clonic seizure
Cerebral edema is an increase in the fluid content of what part of the brain? correct answers
Tissue
Which part of the brain is responsible for temperature regulation? correct answers Hypothalamus
Which is a benefit of fever? correct answers Deprives bacteria of a food source
Which are free nerve endings in the afferent peripheral nervous system that selectively respond
to different chemical, mechanical, and thermal stimuli? correct answers Nociceptors
Which type of pain arises from connective tissue, muscle, bone, and skin? correct answers
Somatic
Pain in internal organs and the lining of the body cavities is called correct answers Visceral pain
Which term describes the elevation of the body temperature without an increase in the
hypothalamic set point? correct answers Hyperthermia
A healthcare professional is caring for a patient who was rewarmed after suffering from
hypothermia. What possible long-term complication will the professional continue to assess the
patient for? correct answers Renal failure
A healthcare professional is trying to lower a patient's body temperature by convection. What
action by the professional will accomplish this? correct answers Obtain a fan and set it to blow
over the patient
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep occurs in cycles approximately how often? correct answers
90 minutes
What are the expected changes in sleep patterns of older adults? correct answers Older adults
experience difficulty falling asleep with less time spent in REM sleep.
,A healthcare professional is caring for four postsurgical patients. Based on an understanding of
the physiologic process of nociceptors, the nurse expects to give more pain medication to which
patient? correct answers Repair of several crushed fingers
What does heat exhaustion result in? (Select all that apply.)
A. Profound vasodilation
B. Permanent damage to the hypothalamus
C. An increased risk for future heat exhaustion
D. Profuse sweating
E. A need to ingest cool liquids correct answers A. Profound vasodilation
D. Profuse sweating
E. A need to ingest cool liquids
Pain that warns of actual or impending tissue injury is referred to as what? correct answers Acute
The healthcare professional working in a summer camp provides cooling to campers by
radiation. What is the most appropriate action by the professional to accomplish this? correct
answers Have the campers sit inside the air-conditioned camp cafeteria.
A patient has been exposed to prolonged high environmental temperatures and now shows signs
of dehydration, decreased plasma volumes, hypotension, decreased cardiac output, and
tachycardia. What treatment does the healthcare professional prepare to administer to this
patient? correct answers Give the patient plenty of cool liquids to drink.
In acute hypothermia, what physiologic change shunts blood away from the colder skin to the
body core in an effort to decrease heat loss? correct answers Peripheral vasoconstriction
Which criterion is not used when determining brain death? correct answers Ocular response to
head turning
, An individual having difficulty concentrating is restless and irritable and briefly confused. These
changes have developed over 2-3 days. Which describes this condition? correct answers
Delirium
Which are characteristics of Alzheimer disease? (Select all that apply.)
A. Memory loss
B. Rapid onset
C. Increased irritability
D. Anxiety and depression correct answers A. Memory loss
C. Increased irritability
D. Anxiety and depression
A healthcare professional suspects a patient is brain dead. How would the professional assess for
brain death? correct answers Remove the patient's ventilator to see if spontaneous breathing
occurs.
To quickly assess a patient's nervous system for dysfunction, what assessment should the
healthcare professional perform as the priority? correct answers Level of consciousness
A patient suffered a seizure for the first time. Which of the following is the best way to explain
what a seizure is to their family members? correct answers A sudden, explosive, disorderly
discharge of brain cells
A patient had a seizure that consisted of jerking and shaking movements and loss of
consciousness.How does the healthcare professional chart this episode? correct answers Tonic-
clonic seizure
Cerebral edema is an increase in the fluid content of what part of the brain? correct answers
Tissue
