The nurse recognizes that infection may be present in her postpartum client when the client exhibits a temperature of:
a. 100.0° F during the first 36 hours postpartum.
b. 100.8° F twice in the first 24 hours postpartum.
c. 99.6° F on the first postpartum day and 100.4 on the second.
d. 100.4° F on the second postpartum day and 100.8° F on the fourth.
ANS: D
The definition of puerperal infection is a temperature of 100.4° F or higher after the first 24 hours, occurring on at least two of the first 10 days following childbirth. 100.8° F in the first 24 hours, 100.0° F in the first 36 hours, and 99.6° F on the first day and 100.4° F on the second day do not meet the definition of puerperal infection.
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