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NUR 33630 Vital Signs Nursing Test Banks | Chapter 30: Vital Signs
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NUR 33630 Vital Signs Nursing Test Banks 
 
Chapter 30: Vital Signs 
Chapter 30: Vital Signs 
 
MULTIPLE CHOICE 
1.	A patient has a head injury and damages the hypothalamus. Which vital sign will the nurse monitor most 
closely? 
 
a.	Pulse 
 
 
b.	Respirations 
 
 
c.	Temperature 
 
 
d.	Blood pressure 
 
 
 
ANS: C 
 
Disease or trauma to the hypothalamus or the spinal cord, which carries hypothalamic messages, causes serious alterations in temperature control. The hypothalamus does not contr...