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TestTrackers: Unlock Your Exam Potential! | Quality Practice Materials | Boost Your Confidence Today!NUR 310 - Health Assessment - Vital Signs
Questions and Correct Answers the Latest
Update and Recommended Version
Temperature
✓ -hypothalamus is the body's thermostat
✓ -functions to balance heat production, conservation, and heat loss
✓ -steady state of temperature is required for cellular metabolism
heat production- temp.
✓ Metabolism
✓ Exercise
✓ Food digestion
✓ External factors
heat loss- temp.
✓ Radiation
✓ Evaporation of sweat
✓ Convection
✓ Conduction
Temperature influences (pgs 53-54)
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✓ 1. age
✓ 2. hormone levels
✓ -menstruation cycle
✓ -menopause
✓ 3. diurnal cycle
✓ 4. exercise
✓ 5. stress
✓ 6. environment
temperature conversions
✓ F = (9/5)C + 32
✓
✓ C = (F-32) x (5/9)
normal range of finding for temperature
✓ oral temp- resting 37 C/ 98.6 F or 36 to 38 C/ 98.6 to 100.4 F
✓ rectal- 1 F higher than oral
✓ axillary and temporal- 1 F lower than oral
✓ tympanic- consistent with oral
hypothermia
✓ low body temperature caused by prolonged exposure to a cold environment
hyperthermia
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✓ -pyrexia or fever
✓ -elevated body temperature that may occur during infection, tissue breakdown, or
neurological disorders (cerebrovascular accident, cerebral edema, tumor, or head
trauma) affecting the thermoregulation of the brain
✓ -inflammation or "low grade fever" is 100.4 to 101.4 F
✓ - fever above 103.1 F in adults requires immediate assessment and rapid cooling
measures
oral route- temp.
✓ -most frequently used and preferred
✓ -oral sublingual site is rich in blood supply from carotid arteries that respond quickly to
change in core temp.
✓ -used if person can safely hold thermometer in place for required time
✓ -not used on persons who are confused, uncooperative, orally intubated, or have history
of seizures
✓ -also contradicted in those w/ postoperative oral surgery or oral trauma
✓ -not recommended in those under 6 yrs old
✓ -make sure patient has not smoked or had any oral intake recently, can alter reading so
wait 10 mins
rectal route- temp.
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