NURSING 170 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE
THIS YEAR.
, The nursery nurse identifies a newborn at significant risk for hypothermic alteration in
thermoregulation because the patient is - ANSWERlow birth rate
A volunteer at the senior center asks the visiting nurse why the senior citizens always
seem to be complaining about temperatures. The nurse's best response is that older
people have a diminished ability to regulate body temperature because of -
ANSWERslower metabolic rates
The nurse is admitting a patient to the emergency department on a very hot summer
day would suspect hyperthermia when the patient demonstrates - ANSWERRed,
sweaty skin
The priority nursing intervention for a patient suspected to be hypothermic would be to -
ANSWERremove wet clothes
Strategies to include in a community program for senior citizens related to dealing with
cold winter temperatures would include - ANSWERshopping at an indoor mall
During orientation to an emergency department, the nurse educator would be
concerned if the new nurse listed which of the following as a risk factor for impaired
thermoregulation? - ANSWERPhysical agility
Transfer of heat from the surface of one object to the surface of another without direct
contact - ANSWERRadiation
The transfer of heat from one object to another is known as - ANSWERconduction
transfer of heat away by air movement - ANSWERconvection
transfer of heat energy when a liquid is changed to a gas - ANSWEREvaporation
mechanisms that regulate the balance between heat lost and heat produced -
ANSWERthermoregulation
part of the brain that controls heat loss - ANSWERanterior hypothalamus
part of the brain that controls heat production - ANSWERposterior hypothalamus
Fever - ANSWERpyrexia
the body's inability to promote heat loss or reduce heat promotion -
ANSWERhyperthermia
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE
THIS YEAR.
, The nursery nurse identifies a newborn at significant risk for hypothermic alteration in
thermoregulation because the patient is - ANSWERlow birth rate
A volunteer at the senior center asks the visiting nurse why the senior citizens always
seem to be complaining about temperatures. The nurse's best response is that older
people have a diminished ability to regulate body temperature because of -
ANSWERslower metabolic rates
The nurse is admitting a patient to the emergency department on a very hot summer
day would suspect hyperthermia when the patient demonstrates - ANSWERRed,
sweaty skin
The priority nursing intervention for a patient suspected to be hypothermic would be to -
ANSWERremove wet clothes
Strategies to include in a community program for senior citizens related to dealing with
cold winter temperatures would include - ANSWERshopping at an indoor mall
During orientation to an emergency department, the nurse educator would be
concerned if the new nurse listed which of the following as a risk factor for impaired
thermoregulation? - ANSWERPhysical agility
Transfer of heat from the surface of one object to the surface of another without direct
contact - ANSWERRadiation
The transfer of heat from one object to another is known as - ANSWERconduction
transfer of heat away by air movement - ANSWERconvection
transfer of heat energy when a liquid is changed to a gas - ANSWEREvaporation
mechanisms that regulate the balance between heat lost and heat produced -
ANSWERthermoregulation
part of the brain that controls heat loss - ANSWERanterior hypothalamus
part of the brain that controls heat production - ANSWERposterior hypothalamus
Fever - ANSWERpyrexia
the body's inability to promote heat loss or reduce heat promotion -
ANSWERhyperthermia
