Of the following patients, which one is the best candidate to have his temperature taken orally?
a. A 27-year-old postoperative patient with an elevated temperature
b. A teenage boy who has just returned from outside "for a smoke"
c. An 87-year-old confused male suspected of hypothermia
d. A 20-year-old male with a history of epilepsy
ANS: A
An elevated temperature needs to be evaluated, and there is no contraindication in this patient. Ingestion of hot/cold fluids or foods, smoking, or receiving oxygen by mask/cannula can require delays in taking oral temperature. Oral temperatures are not taken for patients who have had oral surgery, trauma, history of epilepsy, or shaking chills, nor for infants, small children, or confused patients.
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