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answers

Radiation - correct answer✔✔The transfer of heat from the surface of one object to the
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surface of another object without direct contact between the two.
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Conduction - correct answer✔✔Transfer of heat from one object to another with direct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




contact.



Convection - correct answer✔✔The transfer of heat away by air movement |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Evaporation - correct answer✔✔The transfer of heat energy when a liquid is changed to a gas.
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Circadian Rhythm - correct answer✔✔24 hour internal clock. When your body says its time to
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sleep then you have to sleep.
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Newborns need to wear a cap - correct answer✔✔What do new borns need to do to prevent
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heat loss?
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Normal older adult temperature - correct answer✔✔no higher than 96.8
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Pyrexia - correct answer✔✔Fever ( An important defense mechanism)
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Febrile - correct answer✔✔Fever
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Afebrile - correct answer✔✔No Fever |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\

, 0100 and 0400 hours - correct answer✔✔Lowest body temperature occurs between
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1800 hours - correct answer✔✔Maximum body temperature occurs at?
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Heatstroke - correct answer✔✔Body temperature of 104 fahrenheit (40 C) |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




Pupils, Equal, Round, Reactive to light, and Accommodation - correct answer✔✔PERRLA
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Oxygen - correct answer✔✔Increased metabolism requires additional _____
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Exhausting energy stores - correct answer✔✔A prolonged fever weakens a patient by? |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




102.2 fahrenheit (39 C) - correct answer✔✔A fever is usually not harmful if it stays below?
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NOTE: a single temperature reading does not always indicate a fever.
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96.8 - correct answer✔✔Normal temperature for an older adult
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Core temperature - correct answer✔✔Tympanic temperatures=
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Tympanic temperature - correct answer✔✔What temperature would you take on a patient
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with a history of seizures or patients who are easily agitated?
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95.9- 99.5 fahrenheit (35.5- 37.5 C) - correct answer✔✔Normal newborns temperature
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Brachial or Apical - correct answer✔✔Best sights to assess infants or young children's pulse
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