The importance of measuring and documenting vital signs for patients is because they are the baseline of health of that patient. It can tell a healthcare professional if the person has a trend of hypertension (high blood pressure) or tachycardia (increased heart rate). It can tell if someone is febrile which can tell if someone has an infection.
Knowing the baseline vitals will help diagnose and properly treat a patient. Without knowing what the baseline vitals of a patient is, it can be dangerous to the patient if a healthcare professional treats them. For example, if a patient is presenting with chest pain in relation to a heart attack, the healthcare provider will need a set of baseline vitals in order to give that patient nitroglycerin (a medication to open the vessels). The top number (systolic) of the blood pressure must be greater than 90mmHg. Without knowing the initial blood pressure of the patient and giving the nitroglycerin, the healthcare provider would risk dropping the blood pressure dangerously low and likely killing the patient.
The correct answer is letter A. Pain receptor - tissue injury. Nociception refers to the processing of harmful stimuli in the nervous system. The nociceptors are also known as "Pain receptor" that responds only to tissue damages cause by either mechanical, thermal stimulation.
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An older client expresses concern about developing new "age spots". Which instruction is most important for the nurse to provide the client?
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<em>b. Monitor for signs of infection</em>
<em>c. Monitor spots for color changes</em>
(check for asymmetry, border irregularity, color variation, diameter, and evolving changing in any feature to assess lesions for signs associated with cancer.)
Answer:
in vivo exposure therapy
Explanation:
This kind of therapy is based on the idea that the patient should face the trigger that produces discomfort. Although it can be thought as a counterproductive kind of therapy, it is necessary to take into account that the professional should be very well prepared in order to recognized the level of anxiety the patient is going through when the in vivo exposure therapy is taking place, and it is possible to simply stop it when they consider it is not healthy for the patient.
On the other hand, the therapy is very well known to help patients facing diferent kinds of phobias and to be very successful.
