While Holding a 2-Year-Old Child in a Flexed Position for a Lumbar

question 12

Multiple Choice

While holding a 2-year-old child in a flexed position for a lumbar puncture,the nurse monitors which vital sign to detect any abnormality caused by the child's position?

• A)Temperature
• B)Heart rate
• C)Respirations
• D)Blood pressure

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Definitions:

Perceptual Set

The tendency for a person's expectations, motivations, and experiences to influence their perception of stimuli.

Sensory Adaptation

The phenomenon of sensory receptors becoming less reactive to continuous stimuli over a period.

Subliminal Persuasion

A method of trying to influence people's thoughts, feelings, or actions without their conscious awareness.

Transduce

To convert one form of energy into another, as in sensory systems converting physical stimuli (like light and sound) into neural signals.