Pediatric,geriatric,and Physiologically Compromised Patients Have Impaired Thermal Regulatory Mechanisms That

Pediatric,geriatric,and physiologically compromised patients have impaired thermal regulatory mechanisms that place them at risk for hypothermia.The perioperative nurse should prepare the OR bed before patient arrival by placing:

A) an infrared warming lamp 18 inches from the OR bed surface.
B) hot bath blankets over the OR bed surface as the patient transport vehicle enters the room.
C) a forced air-warming hose towel clipped under the lifting sheet.
D) a patient-sized forced air-warming blanket on top of the OR bed surface.

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