the nurse is caring for a client who reports dizziness, excessive thirst, and nausea. which assessment parameter should make the

Question

shepuryov [24]

2 years ago

9

the nurse is caring for a client who reports dizziness, excessive thirst, and nausea. which assessment parameter should make the

nurse suspect this client may be suffering from heat stroke?

Medicine

1 answer:

tekilochka [14] · Answer 1 · 2023-11-11T18:20:06+03:00

The nurse is caring for a client who reports dizziness, excessive thirst, and nausea therefore the assessment parameter which should be used to suspect the client may be suffering from heat stroke is the skin being hot and dry to the touch.

<h3>What is Heat stroke?</h3>

This is referred to a life threatening condition in which the body is unable to cool down as a result of it not being able to control its temperature. This means that the sweating mechanism which is a cooling technique in the body has failed.

In this type of condition, there is dehydration of the body which is characterized by dizziness, excessive thirst, and nausea. The body also feels hot and dry to touch and rehydration techniques should be adopted immediately as it could lead to death.

Read more about Heat stroke here brainly.com/question/1472267

#SPJ1