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Candice Truesdale, RN, CMSRN, is a staff nurse on a hospital medical-surgical floor, working the night shift. A University of Rhode Island nursing graduate, Truesdale helps patients understand their vital signs and post-surgical recovery.

Why Does Sweating Lower Body Temperature?Biology
What Does the Posterior Pituitary Secrete: ADH and Oxytocin Hormones
Is Parasympathetic Fight or Flight? No, Here’s Why Brain & Nerves
What Does the Lymphatic System Do? Key Functions Immunity
What Is Fight or Flight? Your Body’s Stress Response Mental Health
What Is Plasma Made Of: Blood’s Key Components Biology
What Is the Immune System and How Does It Work?Immunity
What Is the Pituitary Gland? Your Brain’s Master Gland Hormones
What Is Lymph? Function, Composition & How It Moves Biology
Why Is Digestion Important? Energy, Nutrients & More Nutrition
How Does Dilation Work? Eyes, Cervix & Blood Vessels Procedures
What Do Glands Do: Hormones, Metabolism & More Hormones
How Long Do IV Fluids Stay in the Body?Drugs
Why Does Blood Drain Into the Hepatic Portal System?Gut & Kidney
What Are Arterioles? How They Regulate Blood Flow Heart & Lungs
Is Situs Inversus Dangerous? When It Becomes Serious Heart & Lungs
What Are the Calyces? Kidney Structure and Function Gut & Kidney
What Absorbs Salt in the Body: Gut, Kidneys & More Gut & Kidney
What Is a Viscus? Organs, Pain, and Perforation Gut & Kidney
What Is the Epiglottis Made Of? Its Structure Explained Eyes & ENT
Why Is the Hypothalamus a Major Coordinating and Control Center?Brain & Nerves
Can You Vomit Without a Stomach?Gut & Kidney
Can Taste Buds Grow Back? The Science of Recovery Eyes & ENT
What Is a Portal System in the Body?Heart & Lungs
What Is the Function of a Nervous System?Biology
Why Am I Thirstier at Night?Hormones
What Color Is the Spleen and Why?Gut & Kidney
Can a Hot Drink Raise Your Body Temperature?Nutrition
How Does Feedback Inhibition Help the Body Maintain Homeostasis?Biology
How Much Will a Hot Bath Raise Body Temperature?Safety