The Patient Requires Routine Temperature Assessment but Is Confused and Easily

question 21

Multiple Choice

The patient requires routine temperature assessment but is confused and easily agitated and has a history of seizures.The nurse's best option would be to take his temperature

• A) Orally.
• B) Tympanically.
• C) Rectally.
• D) By the axillary method.

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