The nurse is examining a patient who is complaining of "feeling cold." Which is a mechanism of heat loss in the body?
a. Exercise
b. Radiation
c. Metabolism
d. Food digestion
ANS: B
The body maintains a steady temperature through a thermostat or feedback mechanism, which is regulated in the hypothalamus of the brain. The hypothalamus regulates heat production from metabolism, exercise, food digestion, and external factors with heat loss through radiation, evaporation of sweat, convection, and conduction.
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1. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 2. American Nurses Credentialing Center certification requirements 3. American Nurses Association, Code of Ethics 4. Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Standards of Practice
Which of the following explains why it is important to have the correct etiology for a nursing diagnosis? The etiology:
1) Is the cause of the problem. 2) Cannot always be observed. 3) Directs nursing care. 4) Is an inference.
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A primary care physician has ordered a high enema for a patient admitted for constipation. When administering the high enema, a nurse will
1. Insert the tip of the tubing a minimum of 8 inches to make certain that feces contained above the sigmoid colon will be removed. 2. Instill at least 1000 mL normal saline heated to 120°F to promote peristalsis but decrease the discomfort of cramping. 3. Insert the tip of the tubing 4 inches while the patient sits on the toilet to aid elimination by use of gravity. 4. Instill half of the ordered solution while the patient lies on the left side, then reposition the patient to supine and then right lateral side-lying position to instill the rest of the solution.