A 20-year-old construction worker has suffered heat stroke and has been brought into the emergency department.He has delirium as a result of fluid and electrolyte imbalance.The nurse will assess his:

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Delirium is a disturbance of consciousness (i.e. ,reduced clarity of awareness of the environment)with decreased ability to focus,sustain,or shift attention.It is also a change in cognition (such as memory deficit,disorientation,language disturbance)or the development of a perceptual disturbance.The disturbance develops over a short period of time (usually hours to days)and tends to fluctuate during the course of the day.

A 20-Year-Old Construction Worker Has Suffered Heat Stroke and Has