Which of these actions illustrates the correct technique the nurse should use when assessing oral temperature with a mercury thermometer?
a. Wait 30 minutes if the patient has ingested hot or iced liquids.
b. Leave the thermometer in place 3 to 4 minutes if the patient is afebrile.
c. Place the thermometer in front of the tongue, and ask the patient to close his or her lips.
d. Shake the mercury-in-glass thermometer down to below 36.6 ° C before taking the temperature.
ANS: B
The thermometer should be left in place 3 to 4 minutes if the person is afebrile and up to 8 minutes if the person is febrile. The nurse should wait 15 minutes if the person has just ingested hot or iced liquids and 2 minutes if he or she has just smoked.
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