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Nursing Interventions









                • The following are the therapeutic nursing interventions

                   for Hypothermia:








                                          Interventions                                                                           Rationales



                                                                                                    These methods provide for a more
               Regulate the environment
                                                                                                    gradual warming of the body. Rapid
               temperature or relocate the patient
                                                                                                    warming can induce ventricular
               to a warmer setting. Keep the

                                                                                                    fibrillation. Moisture promotes
               patient and linens dry.
                                                                                                    evaporative heat loss.
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