NUR 163 Notes Week 3, Day 2 2023

UR163 Week 3, Day 2 Morse Fall Scale A quick and easy method of assessing a patient’s likelihood of falling. Thermoregulation  Balance between heat production mechanisms and heat loss mechanisms that occur to maintain a constant body temp.  Controlled by hypothalamus  Heat is produced by metabolic processes and by muscular activity such as shivering and conserved by vasoconstriction  Heat is lost through vasodilation and perspiration Can be affected by numerous internal and external factors  Muscle activity  Peripheral circulation  Amount of subQ fat  Metabolic Rate  Amount and type of foods/fluids ingested  Medications  Disease Processes Scope and categories  Hypothermia  Normothermia  Hyperthermia  Hyperpyrexia Hyperthermia  Normal range 9