The Patient Has an Order to Be Off the Floor

question 29

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 and then take his temperature.
• D)take his oral temperature and record the findings.

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