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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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