Test Bank For deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills
for Nursing 6th Edition by Patricia Williams
Vital signs - ANSWER: Temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and pain level
plus oxygen saturation
Meatbolism - ANSWER: Heat production is the by product
Pyrogens - ANSWER: Agents that cause faver
Basal metabolic rate (BMR) - ANSWER: is the rate of which heat is produced when
the body is at rest.
Hypothalamus - ANSWER: Located between the cerebral hemispheres, acts as
thermostat and controls body temperature by feedback mechanisms
Diaphoresis - ANSWER: Sweat production which attempts to cool the body by
evaporation. At risk for dehydration
Pyrexia (fever) - ANSWER: Occurs when normal mechanisms of the body cannot keep
up with excessive heat production and body temperature rises
Hypoxia - ANSWER: State of insufficient oxygen
Stroke volume is the volume of blood pushed into the aorta with each heart beat -
ANSWER: is the volume of blood pushed into the aorta with each heart beat
Cardiac output - ANSWER: the pulse rate multipled by the stroke volume
Respiration - ANSWER: is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs
and tissues and is initiated by the act of breathing
Respiration - ANSWER: Healthy adult is 12 to 20 per minute
Tympanic membrane - ANSWER: Eardrum or temporal artery
Axillary temperature - ANSWER: Is the temperature taken in the armpit
Core tempertaure - ANSWER: is the temperature of the deep tissue of the body
Normal body temperature - ANSWER: 98.6 F
Normal body temperature RANGE - ANSWER: 97.5F to 99.5F
Rectal temperature are - ANSWER: about 1 F higher
for Nursing 6th Edition by Patricia Williams
Vital signs - ANSWER: Temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and pain level
plus oxygen saturation
Meatbolism - ANSWER: Heat production is the by product
Pyrogens - ANSWER: Agents that cause faver
Basal metabolic rate (BMR) - ANSWER: is the rate of which heat is produced when
the body is at rest.
Hypothalamus - ANSWER: Located between the cerebral hemispheres, acts as
thermostat and controls body temperature by feedback mechanisms
Diaphoresis - ANSWER: Sweat production which attempts to cool the body by
evaporation. At risk for dehydration
Pyrexia (fever) - ANSWER: Occurs when normal mechanisms of the body cannot keep
up with excessive heat production and body temperature rises
Hypoxia - ANSWER: State of insufficient oxygen
Stroke volume is the volume of blood pushed into the aorta with each heart beat -
ANSWER: is the volume of blood pushed into the aorta with each heart beat
Cardiac output - ANSWER: the pulse rate multipled by the stroke volume
Respiration - ANSWER: is the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs
and tissues and is initiated by the act of breathing
Respiration - ANSWER: Healthy adult is 12 to 20 per minute
Tympanic membrane - ANSWER: Eardrum or temporal artery
Axillary temperature - ANSWER: Is the temperature taken in the armpit
Core tempertaure - ANSWER: is the temperature of the deep tissue of the body
Normal body temperature - ANSWER: 98.6 F
Normal body temperature RANGE - ANSWER: 97.5F to 99.5F
Rectal temperature are - ANSWER: about 1 F higher
