All of the Following Are True of Body Temperature Measurement

question 4

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true of body temperature measurement except

• A) all temperatures should be the same,regardless of where the temperature is measured.
• B) an oral temperature reading higher than 99.5° F indicates a fever.
• C) temporal artery (TA)measurements can be measured in 3 seconds noninvasively.
• D) rectal and TA measurement are typically 1° higher than oral readings.

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