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SGallaher96

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The nurse is careful to monitor a patient's cardiac output because this helps the nurse to determine
 
  a. Peripheral extremity circulation.
  b. Oxygenation requirements.
  c. Cardiac arrhythmias.
  d. Ventilation status.

Question 2

The client is having a remittent fever. The student nurse asks what that means and the nurse explains that a remittent fever is which of the following?
 
  a. A constant body temperature above 38C with little fluctuation
  b. Spikes in temperature that are interspersed with normal temperature levels at least once within 24 hours
  c. Spikes and falls in temperature, but not back down to normal
  d. Periods of febrile episodes interspersed with normal temperatures



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Answer to Question 1

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Cardiac output indicates how much blood is being circulated systemically. Oxygen status would be determined by pulse oximetry and the presence of cyanosis. Cardiac arrhythmias are an electrical impulse monitored through 5-lead ECG. Ventilation status is not solely dependent on cardiac output.

Answer to Question 2

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A remittent fever spikes and falls without a return to normal temperature levels.
A sustained fever is a constant body temperature continuously above 38C that demonstrates lit-tle fluctuation.
An intermittent fever pattern has fever spikes interspersed with normal temperature levels. Tem-perature returns to acceptable value at least once in 24 hours.
A relapsing fever has periods of febrile episodes interspersed with acceptable temperature values.




SGallaher96

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


bblaney

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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