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Melani1276 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

During a home visit, the nurse is planning to complete a physical fitness assessment of a client. What should the nurse include in this assessment?

1. Flexibility
2. Range of motion
3. Body composition
4. Muscle endurance
5. Cardiorespiratory endurance

Question 2

The nurse is reviewing information collected while providing client care. Which findings should the nurse identify as being a homeostatic mechanism?

1. The client's heart rate increases when walking up a flight of stairs.
2. The client shivers when core body temperature drops.
3. A child's bone growth occurs in spurts.
4. Decreased secretion of insulin occurs when food is not ingested.
5. Lactation occurs in a pregnant woman.

Meganchabluk · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1, 3, 4, 5

Rationale: During an evaluation of physical fitness, the nurse assesses several components of the body's physical functioning, including flexibility.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1, 2, 4
Rationale 1: Homeostatic mechanisms have characteristics that include self-regulation, such as automatically increased respiratory rates.
Rationale 2: Homeostatic mechanisms have characteristics that include compensatory actions, such as shivering to create body heat.
Rationale 3: This is not an example of a homeostatic mechanism; they are self-regulation, compensation, negative feedback, and utilization of multiple mechanisms to correct a physiological imbalance.
Rationale 4: Homeostatic mechanisms have characteristics that include regulation by negative feedback systems.
Rationale 5: This is not an example of a homeostatic mechanism; they are self-regulation, compensation, negative feedback, and utilization of multiple mechanisms to correct a physiological imbalance.