This article describes the mechanisms used by the body to regulate the body’s temperature, and discusses the indications for nursing care when these processes break down
The aims of this article are to describe how body temperature is maintained within a range that enables a person to survive and how the body copes with extremes of environmental temperature. The mechanisms involved in adjusting body temperature regulation are also described and the clinical implications, including measurement of body temperature. Nursing care related to changes in body temperature is also discussed. After reading this article you should be able to:
Describe the homeostasis of body temperature
Evaluate the clinical measurement of body temperature
Discuss hypothermia and related nursing care
Discuss pyrexia and related nursing care.
Nursing Standard. 12, 20, 49-55. doi: 10.7748/ns.12.20.49.s55
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