Multiple Choice
The operating room environment is deliberately kept cool.When the nurse assesses the patient in the post anesthesia care unit,the patient is shivering.The nurse needs to understand that shivering may do which of the following?
A) Be a side effect of anesthesia.
B) Indicate a problem of the hypothalamus.
C) Indicate the beginning of the infectious process.
D) Be a normal response to stabilize blood pressure.
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