The Nurse Delegates Temperature Measurement to Nursing Assistive Personnel (NAP)

question 15

Multiple Choice

The nurse delegates temperature measurement to nursing assistive personnel (NAP) .For which patient should the nurse instruct the NAP to use the tympanic thermometer?

• A) 10-year-old patient with a left leg fracture
• B) 12-hour-old infant in the newborn nursery
• C) 5-year-old patient with bilateral otitis media
• D) 15-year-old patient who had bilateral tympanoplasties today

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