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brutforce

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on: Jul 22, 2018
A patient tells the nurse that he experiences daytime fatigue even after 78 hours of sleep each night. What is the best assessment question for the nurse to ask?
 
  a. Have you tried getting 10 hours of sleep instead of 8 hours?
  b. How long are you in the rapid eye movement (REM) stage?
  c. Do you also have any recent lifestyle or behavior changes?
  d. Do any of your close relatives have any sleep disorders?

Question 2

The nurse planning care for a patient with hypothermia should consider what similar exemplar?
 
  a. Heat exhaustion
  b. Heat stroke
  c. Infection
  d. Prematurity


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xoxo123

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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The best question to elicit the most pertinent information is Do you also have any recent lifestyle or behavior changes? The patient is getting 79 hours/sleep each night, which is expected for the average adult. The patient will not be able to recall an unconscious state such as REM sleep. The patient may have close relatives with sleep disorders but this does not necessarily affect the patient's own sleep habits.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Prematurity, frost bite, environmental exposure, and brain injury are considered exemplars of hypothermia. Heat exhaustion is an exemplar of hyperthermia. Heat stroke is an exemplar of hyperthermia. Infection is an exemplar of hyperthermia.


brutforce

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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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