You Are About to Take the Patient's Temperature Using a Temporal

question 25

Multiple Choice

You are about to take the patient's temperature using a temporal artery thermometer.This procedure would require which of the following steps? Select all that apply.

• A) Remove the protective cap from the probe head.
• B) Position the probe head on the center of the forehead, midway between the eyebrow and hairline, and depress the scan button.
• C) Rapidly, while applying pressure, move the thermometer across the forehead (in either direction) maintaining contact between the probe head and the patient's forehead until the hairline is reached.
• D) Observe for a blinking light and/or beeping indicating that a measurement is being calculated.
• E) Release the scan button and remove the thermometer from the patient's forehead.Read the temperature on the display screen.
• F) Discard the protective cap and the probe.

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