A Client Presents in the Emergency Department with a Core

question 32

Multiple Choice

A client presents in the emergency department with a core body temperature of 88.8°F. The nurse understands that this temperature indicates this patient is

• A)normothermic.
• B)mildly hyperthermic.
• C)febrile.
• D)moderately hypothermic.

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Definitions:

Genetic Factors

Hereditary components that influence traits, characteristics, and susceptibility to certain diseases.

Indicator Variable

A binary variable with values of 0 or 1, used in statistics and econometrics to represent a categorical outcome or presence/absence of a characteristic.

Categorical

Pertaining to data that can be divided into specific groups or categories that are generally qualitative in nature.

Natural Log

The logarithm to the base e (approx. 2.718), used in mathematics and sciences to model growth processes.