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please help what would be the best nursing diagnosis if your client has a temperature of 37.8 degree celcius patients skin is warm to touch. she has normal RR and BP she verbalizes report of body weakness.. please help

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

Tmp is 37.8 degree --- What is normal range?

Skin is warm---- what is normal skin temperature?

Complains of weakness ---- What are potential problems when someone is weak?

Think of these anwers will point you in the right direction for nursing diagnosis.

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I was wondering what Xanthorrhea means? Does it mean a yellowish discharge?

Also, what does mycohemia mean? does it mean a condition of fungus in the bones? Thanks

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

  • temperature of 37.8 degree celcius (100.7 F)
  • skin is warm to touch
  • weakness

Hyperthermia

Activity Intolerance or Fatigue

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Specializes in Critical Care.
I was wondering what Xanthorrhea means? Does it mean a yellowish discharge?

Also, what does mycohemia mean? does it mean a condition of fungus in the bones? Thanks

When in doubt, look it up in taber's or stedman's medical dictionary.

Or failing that, google it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthorrhoea appaears to be a plant of some type.

Myco: fungus

hemia: in blood

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.
I was wondering what Xanthorrhea means? Does it mean a yellowish discharge?

Also, what does mycohemia mean? does it mean a condition of fungus in the bones? Thanks

Xanthorrhea - yellow discharge

xantho - yellow

®rhea - current, stream, flow, discharge

Mycohemia - fungal infection in the blood

myco - fungus

hem - blood

ia - condition of, abnormal state

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Xanthorrhea - yellow discharge

xantho - yellow

®rhea - current, stream, flow, discharge

I believe you on this, as it makes sense in context, but i can't find this term in any medical dictionary here or online. Additionally, a cursory pubmed search of the term only finds it in the context of the plant genus.

Must not be used all that often, from my estimation. In what situation would you use it over something like "purulent yellow drainage" instead?

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