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Review Chapter 20 of Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing with this study guide and exam review. This resource helps nursing students reinforce essential nursing principles, review key terminology, and strengthen their understanding of fundamental patient care practices. Use this guide to organize your revision, revisit important concepts from Chapter 20, and identify areas that may need additional attention as you prepare for nursing coursework and examinations.

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Fundamental Concepts and Skills for
Nursing Chapter 20 | Study Guide &
Exam Review




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SkillsGuide
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Temperature, ventilation, humidity, lighting, odor, and noise


Florence Nightingale listed what factors that need to be manipulated in a patient's
environmental care? (6 total)


Infants and older adults


What two types of patients may need their rooms warmer than other patients because of
their poor temperature regulation?


68 to 74 degrees


What is the ideal room temperature range for patients?




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OR and critical care areas


What two rooms or areas are kept slightly cooler to reduce the patient's metabolic
demands?


To keep bacteria at bay


Why are these two areas kept so cool?


ventilation


What is the process or act of supplying a building or room continuously with fresh air?




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True


True or False: Most hospital windows cannot be opened for safety reasons.


False


True or False: Because windows are not allowed to be opened for safety reasons, fans are
sometimes allowed in their place.


humidity


_____ is the amount of moisture in the air.


30% to 50%


What is the normally comfortable range of humidity?




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