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Nursing Assessment
• Assessment is required in order to distinguish possible problems that
may have lead to Hypothermia.
Assessment Rationales
Causative factors guide the appropriate treatment.
Assess for precipitating Older patients have a decreased metabolic rate and
situations and risk factors. reduced shivering response; therefore the effects of
cold may not be immediately manifested.
