The Patient Has an Order to Be Off the Floor

question 34

Multiple Choice

The patient has an order to be off the floor for 15 minutes every 2 hours to smoke a cigarette.The patient has just returned from his "cigarette break." The nurse is about to take the patient's temperature orally and should:

• A) Wait about 15 minutes before taking his temperature
• B) Give him oral fluids to rinse the nicotine away before taking his temperature
• C) Give him a stick of chewing gum to chew, then take his temperature
• D) Take his oral temperature and record the findings

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