The nurse is caring for a client who presents to the emergency department after a boating accident in which the client nearly drowned. The nurse understands that which type of heat loss resulted in a diagnosis of hypothermia?
A)Evaporation
B)Insensible water loss
C)Convection
D)Insensible heat loss

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A)Convection is the process of heat transfer through the fluid motion of air or water across the skin. The clients of a boating accident developed hypothermia through convection. Evaporation is the process of converting water to a vapor, and the evaporation of sweat transfers the heat in the sweat to the air. Insensible water loss is unnoticed water loss through evaporation. Insensible heat loss is the loss of heat through evaporation.
B)Convection is the process of heat transfer through the fluid motion of air or water across the skin. The clients of a boating accident developed hypothermia through convection. Evaporation is the process of converting water to vapor, and the evaporation of sweat transfers the heat in the sweat to the air. Insensible water loss is unnoticed water loss through evaporation. Insensible heat loss is the loss of heat through evaporation.
C)Convection is the process of heat transfer through the fluid motion of air or water across the skin. The clients of a boating accident developed hypothermia through convection. Evaporation is the process of converting water to a vapor, and the evaporation of sweat transfers the heat in the sweat to the air. Insensible water loss is unnoticed water loss through evaporation. Insensible heat loss is the loss of heat through evaporation.
D)Convection is the process of heat transfer through the fluid motion of air or water across the skin. The clients of a boating accident developed hypothermia through convection. Evaporation is the process of converting water to a vapor, and the evaporation of sweat transfers the heat in the sweat to the air. Insensible water loss is unnoticed water loss through evaporation. Insensible heat loss is the loss of heat through evaporation.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Client Who Presents to the Emergency