PCN Unit 1 Exam questions with correct answers

What is Pyrexia? correct answer Another word for fever What is febrile?` correct answer High fever What is afebrile? correct answer Normalcy What is hypoxia? correct answer inadequate oxygen What is angina? correct answer chest pain What is hyperthermia? correct answer An elevated body temp related to the inability of the body to promote heat loss or reduce heat production What are examples of nursing diagnosis for patients with body temperature alterations: correct answer -risk for imbalanced body temp -hyperthermai -hypothermia -ineffective thermoregulation What are antipyretics? correct answer medications that reduce fever Where are your pulse sites? correct answer -radial -apical -brachial -corotid -popteal -femoral -tibalis posterior -dorsalis pedis What part of the stethescope would you use on a pediatrics patient? correct answer Bell chest piece