Pyrexia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PCN Unit 1 Exam | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025 What is Pyrexia? - Answer -Another word for fever What is febrile?` - Answer -High fever What is afebrile? - Answer -Normalcy What is hypoxia? - Answer -inadequate oxygen What is angina? - Answer -chest pain What is hyperthermia? - 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 tempera...

NUR 2115 / NUR 211 Exam 1 Fundamentals of Nursing 1. Using the principles of standard precautions, the nurse would wear gloves in what nursing interventions? A. Providing a back massage B. Feeding a client C. Providing hair care D. Providing oral hygiene 2. The nurse is preparing to take vital sign in an alert client admitted to the hospital with dehydration secondary to vomiting and diarrhea. What is the best method used to assess the client’s temperature? A. Oral B. Axillary C...

(NGN)NCLEX NGN RN EXAM 2024(VERSION 3) ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED AND VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES A+GRADE A nurse assesses an oral temperature for an adult patient. The patient's temperature is 37.5°C (99.5°F). What term would the nurse use to report this temperature? a. Febrile b. Hypothermia c. Hypertension d. Afebrile - ANSWER>>d. Afebrile means without fever. RATIONALE: This temperature is within the normal range for an adult. Fever (pyrexia) is an e...

NSG-300 Exam 1 Questions with 100% Verified Correct Answers What is the goal of Healthy People 2020? - Correct Answer promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages -access to health services -injury/violence prevention -health for all ages -health of communities affects overall health of nation Illness perceptions - Correct Answer beliefs about illness; may be brought on by cultural, spiritual, or ethical factors what does holistic care co...

George Kent is a 54-year-old widower with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and was rushed to the emergency department with increasing shortness of breath, pyrexia, and a productive cough with yellow-green sputum. He has difficulty communicating because of his inability to complete a sentence. One of his sons, Jacob, says he has been unwell for three days. Upon examination, crackles and wheezes can be heard in the lower lobes; he has tachycardia and a bounding pulse. Measurement...

Evit Veterinary assistant Year 1 Final Review Questions and Answers 100% Pass What is the common term for Pyrexia? Fever What is the lymphatic system responsible for? blood filtration, fluid balance, antibody generation, lymphopoiesis An inappropriate response to a normally harmless substance is known as what? Allergic reaction What is an antibody? a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen Define Phagocytosis. Cell eating What is MALT? ...

NEW GENERATION NCLEX RN TEST BANK 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS WITH DETATILED RATIONALES - 2024 A nurse assesses an oral temperature for an adult patient. The patient's temperature is 37.5°C (99.5°F). What term would the nurse use to report this temperature? a. Febrile b. Hypothermia c. Hypertension d. Afebrile - ANSWER CHOICE IS HERE>>d. Afebrile means without fever. This temperature is within the normal range for an adult. Fever (pyrexia) is an elevation of body temperature;...

VTNE – Terminology Exam 2024 The term used to describe enlargement of the liver is: a) Microhepatitis b)Hepatitis c) Hepatomegaly d) Cholelithiasis - Answer ️️ -c) Hepatomegaly What is the term for a malignant bone tumor? a) Osteodystrophy b) Osteosarcoma c)Osteomyelitis d) Osteomalacia - Answer ️️ -b) Osteosarcoma What term means fever? a) Hypothermia b) Pyrexia C) Hyperthermitis D) Caliente - Answer ️️ -b) Pyrexia Sometimes lymph nodes enlarge because of an increa...

ECG  History of the ECG.  Orientation of leads  Information obtained from an ECG  ECG paper  Anatomy of the heart  ECG interpretation 1. History The ECG has been in use for over a century. A British physiologist, Augustus Waller, performed the first ECG recording in 1887, and he gave demonstrations of his technique, using his dog, Jimmy, as the “patient”. Einthoven, from Holland, was present at such a demonstration. Willem Einthoven constructed his well-kno...

Newborns who don't need resus - assessments. CORRECT ANSWER Full term Clear liquor Breathing crying Good muscle 4 categories of action in neonatal resus CORRECT ANSWER 1. Initial stabilization (warmth, neutral position, clear airway, dry, stimulation, reposition) 2.Ventilation 3. Chest compression 4. adrenaline and or volume expansion Maternal risk factors for resus CORRECT ANSWER PROM >18hrs Pregnancy induced hypertension/chronic hypertension Substance abuse or drug therapy G...