Nursing 170 Exam 3 with correct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
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The nursery nurse identifies a newborn at significant risk for hypothermic alteration in
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thermoregulation because the patient is - correct answer✔✔low birth rate |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A volunteer at the senior center asks the visiting nurse why the senior citizens always seem to
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be complaining about temperatures. The nurse's best response is that older people have a
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diminished ability to regulate body temperature because of - correct answer✔✔slower |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
metabolic rates |||\\\
The nurse is admitting a patient to the emergency department on a very hot summer day
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would suspect hyperthermia when the patient demonstrates - correct answer✔✔Red, sweaty
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skin
The priority nursing intervention for a patient suspected to be hypothermic would be to -
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correct answer✔✔remove wet clothes |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Strategies to include in a community program for senior citizens related to dealing with cold
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winter temperatures would include - correct answer✔✔shopping at an indoor mall
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During orientation to an emergency department, the nurse educator would be concerned if the
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new nurse listed which of the following as a risk factor for impaired thermoregulation? -
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correct answer✔✔Physical agility |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Transfer of heat from the surface of one object to the surface of another without direct contact
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- correct answer✔✔Radiation
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, The transfer of heat from one object to another is known as - correct answer✔✔conduction
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transfer of heat away by air movement - correct answer✔✔convection
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transfer of heat energy when a liquid is changed to a gas - correct answer✔✔Evaporation
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mechanisms that regulate the balance between heat lost and heat produced - correct|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answer✔✔thermoregulation
part of the brain that controls heat loss - correct answer✔✔anterior hypothalamus
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part of the brain that controls heat production - correct answer✔✔posterior hypothalamus
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Fever - correct answer✔✔pyrexia
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the body's inability to promote heat loss or reduce heat promotion - correct
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answer✔✔hyperthermia
cold that overwhelms the body's ability to produce heat - correct answer✔✔hypothermia
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hereditary condition of uncontrolled heat production - correct answer✔✔malignant
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hyperthermia
profuse diaphoresis with excess water and electrolyte loss - correct answer✔✔heat exhaustion
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a dangerous heat emergency - correct answer✔✔heatstroke
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answers
The nursery nurse identifies a newborn at significant risk for hypothermic alteration in
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thermoregulation because the patient is - correct answer✔✔low birth rate |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
A volunteer at the senior center asks the visiting nurse why the senior citizens always seem to
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be complaining about temperatures. The nurse's best response is that older people have a
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diminished ability to regulate body temperature because of - correct answer✔✔slower |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
metabolic rates |||\\\
The nurse is admitting a patient to the emergency department on a very hot summer day
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would suspect hyperthermia when the patient demonstrates - correct answer✔✔Red, sweaty
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skin
The priority nursing intervention for a patient suspected to be hypothermic would be to -
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correct answer✔✔remove wet clothes |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Strategies to include in a community program for senior citizens related to dealing with cold
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winter temperatures would include - correct answer✔✔shopping at an indoor mall
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During orientation to an emergency department, the nurse educator would be concerned if the
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new nurse listed which of the following as a risk factor for impaired thermoregulation? -
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correct answer✔✔Physical agility |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
Transfer of heat from the surface of one object to the surface of another without direct contact
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- correct answer✔✔Radiation
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, The transfer of heat from one object to another is known as - correct answer✔✔conduction
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transfer of heat away by air movement - correct answer✔✔convection
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transfer of heat energy when a liquid is changed to a gas - correct answer✔✔Evaporation
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mechanisms that regulate the balance between heat lost and heat produced - correct|||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\
answer✔✔thermoregulation
part of the brain that controls heat loss - correct answer✔✔anterior hypothalamus
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part of the brain that controls heat production - correct answer✔✔posterior hypothalamus
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Fever - correct answer✔✔pyrexia
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the body's inability to promote heat loss or reduce heat promotion - correct
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answer✔✔hyperthermia
cold that overwhelms the body's ability to produce heat - correct answer✔✔hypothermia
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hereditary condition of uncontrolled heat production - correct answer✔✔malignant
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hyperthermia
profuse diaphoresis with excess water and electrolyte loss - correct answer✔✔heat exhaustion
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a dangerous heat emergency - correct answer✔✔heatstroke
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