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When are vital signs taken? - Correct answer ✔upon admission
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to any healthcare facility
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Routine schedule (Q4 hours) [] [] []
Anytime the patient has a change in condition
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Before, during, after medications that affect cardio / respiratory,
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activity that may increase risk, and after surgical/invasive
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diagnostic procedures & blood transfusions [] [] [] []
Who is responsible for vital signs, even if task was delegated to
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someone else? - Correct answer ✔RN [] [] [] [] []
What regulates our body temperature? - Correct answer
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✔Hypothalamus acts as central thermostat (hot/cold) causes [] [] [] [] [] [] []
vasoconstriction/dilation
The primary source of heat production is a by-product of ? -
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Correct answer ✔metabolism [] []
What mechanisms increase a patient's metabolism and increase
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heat production? - Correct answer ✔exercise, stress and
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shivering
, What is the primary site of heat loss? - Correct answer ✔the
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skin
What is evaporation? - Correct answer ✔transfer of heat when
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liquid is changed to gas (sweat=cooling)
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What is radiation? - Correct answer ✔loss from body to another
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cooler source (radiator)
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What is conduction? - Correct answer ✔Loss via direct contact
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with cooler surface (sheet soaked in water and placed on
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patient)
What is convection? - Correct answer ✔Air currents
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What are nursing implications that apply to each? - Correct
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Differences in axiliary, rectal, and oral temperature? - Correct
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answer ✔rectal: usually 1 degree higher; axillary is usually 1
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degree lower []
Hypothermia - Correct answer ✔temperature below 97F
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heat stroke - Correct answer ✔very high fever over 104F
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detailed solutions []
When are vital signs taken? - Correct answer ✔upon admission
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to any healthcare facility
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Routine schedule (Q4 hours) [] [] []
Anytime the patient has a change in condition
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Before, during, after medications that affect cardio / respiratory,
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activity that may increase risk, and after surgical/invasive
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diagnostic procedures & blood transfusions [] [] [] []
Who is responsible for vital signs, even if task was delegated to
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someone else? - Correct answer ✔RN [] [] [] [] []
What regulates our body temperature? - Correct answer
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✔Hypothalamus acts as central thermostat (hot/cold) causes [] [] [] [] [] [] []
vasoconstriction/dilation
The primary source of heat production is a by-product of ? -
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Correct answer ✔metabolism [] []
What mechanisms increase a patient's metabolism and increase
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heat production? - Correct answer ✔exercise, stress and
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shivering
, What is the primary site of heat loss? - Correct answer ✔the
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skin
What is evaporation? - Correct answer ✔transfer of heat when
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liquid is changed to gas (sweat=cooling)
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What is radiation? - Correct answer ✔loss from body to another
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cooler source (radiator)
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What is conduction? - Correct answer ✔Loss via direct contact
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with cooler surface (sheet soaked in water and placed on
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patient)
What is convection? - Correct answer ✔Air currents
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What are nursing implications that apply to each? - Correct
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Differences in axiliary, rectal, and oral temperature? - Correct
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answer ✔rectal: usually 1 degree higher; axillary is usually 1
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degree lower []
Hypothermia - Correct answer ✔temperature below 97F
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heat stroke - Correct answer ✔very high fever over 104F
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