Exam 15: Pain, Temperature, Sleep, and Sensory Function

Heat loss from the body via convection occurs by:

A young child presents to the ophthalmologist for visual difficulties secondary to eye deviation.One of the child's eyes deviates inward, thereby decreasing the visual field.Which of the following diagnoses is most likely?

A nurse wants to teach about one of the primary organs responsible for heat production.Which organ should the nurse include?

Which finding indicates the patient is having complications from heat stroke?

Most memorable dreams occur during which sleep phase?

A 50-year-old diabetic patient experiences visual disturbances and decides to visit his primary care provider.After examination, the primary care provider tells the patient that the cells that allow him to see are degenerated.Which of the following structures is most likely damaged?

A nurse is discussing an individual's conditioned or learned approach or avoidance behavior in response to pain.Which system is the nurse describing?

During the sleep cycle, when does loss of temperature control occur?

When the nurse is discussing the patient's cyclical temperature fluctuation occurring on a daily basis, what term should the nurse use?

A patient asks the nurse how often REM sleep occurs.The nurse responds, "About every _____ minutes."

A nurse is teaching about the structure that connects the middle ear with the pharynx.Which structure is the nurse describing?

The most common form of sensorineural hearing loss in the elderly is:

A patient is undergoing a sleep lab test.When the sleep lab worker notices EEG patterns with brain activity similar to the normal awake pattern, which phase of sleep is occurring?

A 70-year-old patient presents to the primary care provider reporting loss of vision.A history that includes hypertension and cigarette smoking supports which visual diagnosis?

A nurse should document on the chart that chronic pain is occurring when the patient reports the pain has lasted longer than:

A patient has increased intraocular pressure.Which diagnosis will the nurse observe on the chart?

Which system modulates a patient's perception of pain?

For evaporation to function effectively as a means of dissipating excess body heat, which one of the following conditions must be present?

While planning care for infants, which principles should the nurse remember? Infants have problems with thermoregulation because they: (Select all that apply.)

Hikers are attempting to cross the Arizona desert with a small supply of water.The temperatures cause them to sweat profusely and become dehydrated.The hikers are experiencing: