When providing care to a child requiring temperature measurement, nurses use evidence-based practice whenever they:
a. Understand that a rectal temperature is the most accurate method in a child.
b. Understand that a rectal temperature is the least accurate method in a child.
c. Understand that an axillary temperature is the most accurate method in a child.
d. Understand that adding 1ºC to an axillary temperature in a child is as accurate as a rectal temperature.
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A Research demonstrates the accuracy of taking rectal temperatures in children versus the axillary mode.
B Research supports the use of rectal temperature as the most accurate method to use in children.
C Research supports the use of rectal temperature as the most accurate method to use in children.
D Research supports the use of rectal temperature as the most accurate method to use in children.
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