PNUR 1013 Test 3 Louisiana State University-Alexandria | UPDATED
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Question:
what is thermoregulation?
Answer:
process of maintaining core body temperature at a near constant value
Question:
What are the roles of vital signs?
Answer:
■indicators of physiologic functioning
■reflect the health status of a person
■includes temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure
■5th vital sign is often included- pain assessment
Question:
What do vital signs show?
Answer:
show how well the vital organs, heart, and lungs are working (what is going on inside the
body of the patient)
Question:
What are the 3 vital signs taken?
Answer:
-Pulse/ Perfusion
-Temperature/ Thermoregulation
-Respiration/ Oxygenation
Question:
Who's responsible for vital signs?
Answer:
the Nurse
,Question:
When Should We Measure Vital Signs?
Answer:
-Screenings at health fairs and clinics
-At the doctor's office
-In the home
-Upon admission to any health care agency**********
-Certain medications
-Before and after invasive or surgical procedures
-In emergency situations
-Any time a client requests
Question:
After checking vitals, what should the nurse do with their
findings and who should the nurse report their findings to?
Answer:
document interpreted findings and report any abnormalities or discrepancies to
physician
Question:
What is Body Temperature?
Answer:
-Difference between amount of heat produced by the body and amount of heat lost to
the environment
Question:
What is body temperature measured in?
Answer:
degrees
Question:
What is body temperature regulated by?
Answer:
,thermoregulatory center in hypothalamus
Question:
What is a normal body temperature for a human?
Answer:
96.7°F - 103.4°F
Question:
Your core body temperature is always higher than your what?
Answer:
Temporal
Question:
What is the primary source of heat production?
Answer:
metabolism
Question:
What is released to alter metabolism when additional heat is
required?
Answer:
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Question:
What 2 factors also increase heat production?
Answer:
Shivering and piloerection
Question:
what is metabolism affected by?
Answer:
hormones, exercise, and muscle movement
Question:
, What are forms of heat loss?
Answer:
-Skin
-Evaporation
-Warming and humidifying inspired air
-Elimination
Question:
What is the primary source of heat loss?
Answer:
skin (#1 way)
Question:
sweating cools us down
Answer:
evaporative cooling
Question:
Warming and humidifying inspired air can be in what 2 forms?
Answer:
convection and conduction
Question:
What is convection?
Answer:
Where energetic particles move away from hotter to cooler regions by a source;
example: using a fan to cool off, convection oven
Question:
What is conduction?
Answer:
transfer of energy from one place to another by contact; heat to cool; example: placing
an ice pack on a subcutaneous burn
Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Question:
what is thermoregulation?
Answer:
process of maintaining core body temperature at a near constant value
Question:
What are the roles of vital signs?
Answer:
■indicators of physiologic functioning
■reflect the health status of a person
■includes temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure
■5th vital sign is often included- pain assessment
Question:
What do vital signs show?
Answer:
show how well the vital organs, heart, and lungs are working (what is going on inside the
body of the patient)
Question:
What are the 3 vital signs taken?
Answer:
-Pulse/ Perfusion
-Temperature/ Thermoregulation
-Respiration/ Oxygenation
Question:
Who's responsible for vital signs?
Answer:
the Nurse
,Question:
When Should We Measure Vital Signs?
Answer:
-Screenings at health fairs and clinics
-At the doctor's office
-In the home
-Upon admission to any health care agency**********
-Certain medications
-Before and after invasive or surgical procedures
-In emergency situations
-Any time a client requests
Question:
After checking vitals, what should the nurse do with their
findings and who should the nurse report their findings to?
Answer:
document interpreted findings and report any abnormalities or discrepancies to
physician
Question:
What is Body Temperature?
Answer:
-Difference between amount of heat produced by the body and amount of heat lost to
the environment
Question:
What is body temperature measured in?
Answer:
degrees
Question:
What is body temperature regulated by?
Answer:
,thermoregulatory center in hypothalamus
Question:
What is a normal body temperature for a human?
Answer:
96.7°F - 103.4°F
Question:
Your core body temperature is always higher than your what?
Answer:
Temporal
Question:
What is the primary source of heat production?
Answer:
metabolism
Question:
What is released to alter metabolism when additional heat is
required?
Answer:
Epinephrine and norepinephrine
Question:
What 2 factors also increase heat production?
Answer:
Shivering and piloerection
Question:
what is metabolism affected by?
Answer:
hormones, exercise, and muscle movement
Question:
, What are forms of heat loss?
Answer:
-Skin
-Evaporation
-Warming and humidifying inspired air
-Elimination
Question:
What is the primary source of heat loss?
Answer:
skin (#1 way)
Question:
sweating cools us down
Answer:
evaporative cooling
Question:
Warming and humidifying inspired air can be in what 2 forms?
Answer:
convection and conduction
Question:
What is convection?
Answer:
Where energetic particles move away from hotter to cooler regions by a source;
example: using a fan to cool off, convection oven
Question:
What is conduction?
Answer:
transfer of energy from one place to another by contact; heat to cool; example: placing
an ice pack on a subcutaneous burn
