NSG 300 EXAM UPDATED SCRIPTED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔factors affecting temperature: exercise - ✔✔increase blood supply, increase heat
production, increase body temperature
✔✔factors affecting temperature: hormone level - ✔✔women experience increase
fluctuation in body temp (progesterone)
✔✔factors affecting temperature: circadian rhythm - ✔✔lowest temperature at 6 am and
highest temperature at 4 pm (in healthy people)
✔✔factors affecting temperature: stress - ✔✔stress increases metabolism, increasing
oxygen need
when the body cant meet this demand = hypoxia
✔✔factors affecting temperature: environment - ✔✔room temperature/ temperature
outside can lead to increase or decrease body temperature
✔✔fever - ✔✔Abnormally high body temperature
important mechanism and enhances immune system
✔✔hyperthermia - ✔✔abnormally high body temperature due to the body inability to
promote heat loss or reduce heat production
✔✔hypothermia - ✔✔Abnormally low body temperature often associated with exposure
to cold and the body is unable to compensate
✔✔heatstroke - ✔✔prolonged exposure to the sun or high environmental temperature
overwhelms the heat-loss mechanisms the body
✔✔heat exhaustion - ✔✔condition resulting from exposure to heat and excessive loss
of fluid through diaphoresis
results in excess water and electrolyte loss
✔✔normal pulse range - ✔✔60-100 bpm
strong and regular
✔✔factors that influence pulse: exercise - ✔✔short term exercise increases pulse rate
heart conditioned by long term exercise (athlete) will have lower resting pulse
✔✔what factors influence pulse - ✔✔Exercise
Temperature
Acute pain
, Emotions
Drugs
Hemorrhage
Position changes
Pulmonary conditions
✔✔factors that influence pulse: temperature - ✔✔fever and heat increase pulse
hypothermia decrease pulse
✔✔factors that influence pulse: acute pain - ✔✔increase in sympathetic activity will
increase HR
effects of chronic pain/parasympathetic stimulation increases by unrelieved pain which
decreases HR
✔✔factors that influence pulse: emotions - ✔✔SNS increase pulse (anxiety)
PNS decrease pulse
✔✔factors that influence pulse: medications - ✔✔epinephrine- increase HR
beta adrenergic and CC blockers decrease HR
✔✔factors that influence pulse: hemorrhage - ✔✔sympathetic stimulation by loss of
blood increases HR
✔✔factors that influence pulse: postural changes - ✔✔stand: increases HR
lying down: decreases HR
✔✔factors that influence pulse: pulmonary conditions - ✔✔(asthma, COPD)-->
increased HR due to poor oxygenation
✔✔tachycardia - ✔✔Abnormally rapid HR >100bpm
✔✔Bradycardia - ✔✔abnormally slow HR <60bpm
✔✔dysrhythmia - ✔✔Abnormal heart rhythm/missed beats
✔✔normal respiration range - ✔✔12-20 breaths per minute
deep and regular
✔✔as you age you need _____ breaths/min - ✔✔less
✔✔factors affecting respiration - ✔✔acute pain
exercise
anxiety
smoking
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔factors affecting temperature: exercise - ✔✔increase blood supply, increase heat
production, increase body temperature
✔✔factors affecting temperature: hormone level - ✔✔women experience increase
fluctuation in body temp (progesterone)
✔✔factors affecting temperature: circadian rhythm - ✔✔lowest temperature at 6 am and
highest temperature at 4 pm (in healthy people)
✔✔factors affecting temperature: stress - ✔✔stress increases metabolism, increasing
oxygen need
when the body cant meet this demand = hypoxia
✔✔factors affecting temperature: environment - ✔✔room temperature/ temperature
outside can lead to increase or decrease body temperature
✔✔fever - ✔✔Abnormally high body temperature
important mechanism and enhances immune system
✔✔hyperthermia - ✔✔abnormally high body temperature due to the body inability to
promote heat loss or reduce heat production
✔✔hypothermia - ✔✔Abnormally low body temperature often associated with exposure
to cold and the body is unable to compensate
✔✔heatstroke - ✔✔prolonged exposure to the sun or high environmental temperature
overwhelms the heat-loss mechanisms the body
✔✔heat exhaustion - ✔✔condition resulting from exposure to heat and excessive loss
of fluid through diaphoresis
results in excess water and electrolyte loss
✔✔normal pulse range - ✔✔60-100 bpm
strong and regular
✔✔factors that influence pulse: exercise - ✔✔short term exercise increases pulse rate
heart conditioned by long term exercise (athlete) will have lower resting pulse
✔✔what factors influence pulse - ✔✔Exercise
Temperature
Acute pain
, Emotions
Drugs
Hemorrhage
Position changes
Pulmonary conditions
✔✔factors that influence pulse: temperature - ✔✔fever and heat increase pulse
hypothermia decrease pulse
✔✔factors that influence pulse: acute pain - ✔✔increase in sympathetic activity will
increase HR
effects of chronic pain/parasympathetic stimulation increases by unrelieved pain which
decreases HR
✔✔factors that influence pulse: emotions - ✔✔SNS increase pulse (anxiety)
PNS decrease pulse
✔✔factors that influence pulse: medications - ✔✔epinephrine- increase HR
beta adrenergic and CC blockers decrease HR
✔✔factors that influence pulse: hemorrhage - ✔✔sympathetic stimulation by loss of
blood increases HR
✔✔factors that influence pulse: postural changes - ✔✔stand: increases HR
lying down: decreases HR
✔✔factors that influence pulse: pulmonary conditions - ✔✔(asthma, COPD)-->
increased HR due to poor oxygenation
✔✔tachycardia - ✔✔Abnormally rapid HR >100bpm
✔✔Bradycardia - ✔✔abnormally slow HR <60bpm
✔✔dysrhythmia - ✔✔Abnormal heart rhythm/missed beats
✔✔normal respiration range - ✔✔12-20 breaths per minute
deep and regular
✔✔as you age you need _____ breaths/min - ✔✔less
✔✔factors affecting respiration - ✔✔acute pain
exercise
anxiety
smoking
