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Skills Assessment 7

Skills Assessment 7

Q For this assignment, you will complete Critical Thinking Activities based on your Chapter 9 readings in Williams' Basic Nutrition and Diet Therapy. Please review the Critical Thinking prompts below providing a response for each that is at least 150 words in length. Your responses should be well-written, in your own words, and submitted via an upload below using a Word or Google document. If you have questions about formatting or how to cite your sources, please review the IOT Writing Guide and APA Download IOT Writing Guide and APAguidelines. If you have any questions, please reach out to your instructor! ________________________________________ Week 7: Critical Thinking Activities 1. You receive a call at the pediatrician’s office from a woman with a 6-month-old daughter who has been experiencing vomiting and diarrhea for the past 24 hours. Her daughter has an axillary temperature of 99.2º F. The mother says that her child has been irritable and cannot keep anything down. She asks if she should bring her baby in for a visit or wait and see if the vomiting subsides. How should the nurse respond? 2. A 60-year-old patient, a heavy smoker, is being evaluated for lung disease. Why is the patient at risk for respiratory acidosis? Rubric W7: Critical Thinking Lab W7: Critical Thinking Lab Criteria Ratings Pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCritical Thinking Prompts The student will be awarded a maximum of 10 points per answer. Points will be deducted if necessary; please see instructor feedback. 20 pts Total Points: 20 PreviousNext

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1. The ordinary body temperature is 37C for a human being thus the daughter's temperature is very low explaining why she has been irritable. The nurse should ask the mother to quickly and immediately bring in the baby for a checkup since the low temperature indicates her condition is serious. Had the body temperature been the ordinary expected body temperature, then it would have been acceptable to wait to see if vomiting subsides but the low temperature necessitates a visit. 2. Respiratory acidosis is a condition that occurs when the lungs cannot remove all of the carbon dioxides the body produces. This causes body fluids, especially the blood, to become too acidic