In teaching a client at home to assess accurately the auxiliary temperature of a 1-and-a-half-year-old child with a glass thermometer, which of the following instructions should the nurse give the parent?
a. Hold the thermometer at the bulb end.
b. Clean the thermometer in hot water.
c. Leave the thermometer in place for two to three minutes.
d. Let the child hold the thermometer.
C
When assessing a client's axillary temperature with a glass thermometer, the thermometer should be left in place for two to three minutes.
The thermometer should be held at the opposite end of the bulb.
The thermometer should be covered with a plastic sheath when in use, and after use, the plastic sheath is discarded. If the thermometer requires cleaning, the nurse should not use hot water, as it could cause the thermometer to break.
The parent, not the child, should hold the thermometer. A young client may drop the thermome-ter, creating a mercury spill.
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