NUR 304 Test 1 Questions with Verified
Correct Answers
The 5 Vital Signs
1) Temperature
2) Pulse
3) Respiratory rate
4) Blood pressure
5) Oxygen saturation
When should a nurse look at VS?
- initial visit
-whenever the patient condition changes
Is pain subjective or objective?
Subjective
Nursing Intervention
nurses are responsible for the patient
Average temperature range
98.8-100.4
Fever
Oral: >100 F
Rectal: >100.4 F
Hypothermia
, <95F
Hyperthermia
>104 F
What produces heat?
-neural and vascular control
- basal metabolic rate
- nonshivering thermogenesis
What looses heat?
-Radiation
-Convenction
-evaporation
-conduction
What is radiation?
loss of heat through skin
What controls the BMR?
thyroid
What is convection?
transfer of heat through air or water
What is conduction?
it is when heat transfers from warm to cool surface by using an object
How babies are affected to body temperature
Correct Answers
The 5 Vital Signs
1) Temperature
2) Pulse
3) Respiratory rate
4) Blood pressure
5) Oxygen saturation
When should a nurse look at VS?
- initial visit
-whenever the patient condition changes
Is pain subjective or objective?
Subjective
Nursing Intervention
nurses are responsible for the patient
Average temperature range
98.8-100.4
Fever
Oral: >100 F
Rectal: >100.4 F
Hypothermia
, <95F
Hyperthermia
>104 F
What produces heat?
-neural and vascular control
- basal metabolic rate
- nonshivering thermogenesis
What looses heat?
-Radiation
-Convenction
-evaporation
-conduction
What is radiation?
loss of heat through skin
What controls the BMR?
thyroid
What is convection?
transfer of heat through air or water
What is conduction?
it is when heat transfers from warm to cool surface by using an object
How babies are affected to body temperature
