Author Question: When making initial rounds, the nurse notes a client's shivering. Which of the following processes ... (Read 62 times)

Lisaclaire · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

When making initial rounds, the nurse notes a client's shivering. Which of the following processes are stimulated by the hypothalamus to increase the body temperature? Standard Text: Select all that apply.

1. Shivering
2. Sweating
3. Vasoconstriction
4. Vasodilation
5. Increased respiratory rate

Question 2

The nurse assesses the client with schizophrenia and determines that which of the following demonstrates negative symptoms of the disorder?

1. The client says she is Jesus, and is preaching and baptizing.
2. Her speech is coherent, and the content is appropriate.
3. The client has a flat or very blunted affect most of the time.
4. Speech pattern is loose, moving from one idea to another.

scikid · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1,3
Rationale: The hypothalamus stimulates shivering to increase heat production.

Answer to Question 2

3
Rationale: Negative symptoms of schizophrenia involve a deficit or decrease of normal function, such as a blunted or flat affect. Positive symptoms are an excess or distortion of normal functioning, such as delusions, hallucinations, or rapid speech pattern producing a word salad that has little meaning to the listener.