STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ body temperature. Answer: Normal depends on route taken
Determine baseline
⩥ Geriatric Considerations. Answer: Circadian rhythms
Emotions
Medications
Food intake
Age/sex
Physical activity
State of health
Environmental temp
⩥ Fever or Pyrexia. Answer: a body temperature that is higher than 99.3
⩥ Hyperpyrexia temperature. Answer: >106 or higher at risk for brain
damage
⩥ Hypothermia. Answer: Death can occur if less than 95 degrees F
, Risk: surgical pts, newborns, alcoholism, malnutrition, hypothyroidism
⩥ rise or fall. Answer: 20-30 is significant in Systolic or Diastolic even
if in normal range
⩥ Ventilation. Answer: Inhale/inspiration-exhale/expiration
Controlled by medulla
⩥ Respiratory affecting factors. Answer: Age
Exercise
Acid-Base Balance
Brain lesions
Increased altitude
Anxiety
Medications
Acute pain
Anemia
Respiratory disease
⩥ 5th intercostal space. Answer: Where apex of heart is located, point of
maximum impulse-PMI