The nurse is caring for a patient who has an elevated temperature.The nurse understands that
A) Fever and hyperthermia are the same thing.
B) Hyperthermia occurs when the body cannot reduce heat loss.
C) Hyperthermia is an upward shift in the set point.
D) Hyperthermia occurs when the body cannot reduce heat production.
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Q2: Of the following mechanisms of heat loss
Q3: While the nurse is assessing the patient's
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Q5: The patient requires temperatures to be taken
Q6: The thickness or viscosity of the blood
Q8: The patient has a temperature of 105.2°
Q9: The patient requires routine temperature assessment but
Q10: The nurse is working the night shift
Q11: The nurse needs to obtain a radial
Q12: The patient is being admitted to the
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