The nurse documents in the client chart that the client has an intermittent fever. Based on this information, what does the student nurse know about the assigned client's fever?
A) A temperature that alternates between a fever and a normal or subnormal reading
B) A temperature that rises several degrees above normal and returns to normal or near normal
C) A temperature that stays elevated
D) A sudden drop from fever to normal temperature
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A temperature that alternates between a fever and a normal or subnormal reading is an intermittent fever. A temperature that rises several degrees above normal and returns to normal or near normal is a remittent fever. A constant fever stays elevated. A sudden drop from fever to normal temperature is called crisis.
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