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

The ophthalmologist is teaching about the structure of the eye that prevents light from scattering in the eye.What structure is the ophthalmologist describing?

What is the physiologic response when the body's core temperature is altered due to prolonged exposure to a cold environment?

A patient scrapes both knees while playing soccer and reports sharp and well-localized pain.Which of the following should the nurse document to most accurately characterize the pain?

Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is characterized by a fever of ____° F or greater.

When the nurse is taking a patient's temperature, which principle should the nurse remember? Regulation of body temperature primarily occurs in the:

Exogenous pyrogens are:

Several years after an amputation, the patient continues to sporadically feel pain in the absent hand.What type of pain should the nurse document in the chart?

A 52-year-old male enters a sleep study to gather information about his sleep disturbances.He reports that his wife will not let him sleep in the bed with her until he stops snoring so loudly.He also reports feeling tired a lot through the day.When the nurse checks the chart, what is the most likely diagnosis?

A patient received a prescription for a weight loss pill.One effect of the pills is to increase the release of epinephrine.Which of the following would be expected to also occur?

A 15 year old is diagnosed with an outer ear infection.Which of the following is most likely to cause this infection?

Which group of people is most prone to color blindness?

A patient asks the nurse where nociceptors can be found.How should the nurse respond? One location in which nociceptors can be found is the:

The nurse would expect the patient with an alteration in proprioception to experience vertigo, which is manifested by:

When a patient has a fever, which of the following thermoregulatory mechanisms is activated?

A child suffers from sudden apparent arousals in which she expresses intense fear or other emotion.Her mother reports that she seems to wake screaming, but that she is difficult to waken completely.The child most likely suffers from:

When planning care for a child in pain, which principle should the nurse remember? The pain threshold in children is _____ that of adults.

Which condition would be treated with therapeutic hypothermia?