The 20-year-old healthy soccer player is brought to the emergency department after collapsing at the end of a summer soccer game. The patient is lethargic and confused about the event. Upon assessment, the nurse notes flushed, dry skin that is warm to the touch. The oral mucosa is dry, as well. Vitals are as follows: temperature 40.7°C, heart rate 122 bpm, respiratory rate 20, and blood pressure 116/64 mm Hg. A rectal thermistor is inserted and aggressive cooling measures are instituted. After 30 minutes in the ice bath, the patient’s rectal temperature is 39.1°C and the ice is partially melted. The nurse notes the rectal thermistor has stopped working; there are no other rectal thermistors in the facility. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate? 

The nurse is reviewing the admission assessment of a new patient and notes a IV/VI murmur was heard during auscultation of the heart. The nurse anticipates making which assessment?

Following a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), the patient is able to speak but the words are nonsensical. The nurse attributes this patient’s symptoms to an infarction of which area of the brain?