The student nurse has been ordered to take vital signs of a group of clients. Which type of thermometer would provide the student nurse with the quickest and most noninvasive method for obtaining the client's temperature?
A) Temporal artery
B) Rectal
C) Disposable single use
D) Tympanic
A
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The temporal artery temperature method, not the rectal, disposable single use, or tympanic, is the quickest (almost instant) and most noninvasive method available because the device is not inserted into the body in any way.
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