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12 ways to take a temperature

12 ways to take a temperature 12 ways to take a temperature Become familiar with all the options for this common procedure. By Denise Landon, BSN, RN, CMSC Direct Care Nurse VA Outpatient Clinic Clarkesville, Tenn. Melinda Dickens, LPN, SN Alvin C. York VA Medical Center Murfreesboro, Tenn. Charlotte Davis, BSN, RN CCRN CCU/CVICU Direct Care Nurse Heritage Medical Center Shelbyville, Tenn. Direct Care Nurse/Charge Nurse Alvin C. York VA Medical Center Murfreesboro, Tenn. Body temperature is a numerical expression of the body’s heat and metabolic activity balance and can be a major indicator of a person’s health status. Assessing a patient’s body temperature is a common procedure nurses perform to monitor for signs of infection, environmental exposure, shock, ovulation, or therapeutic response to medications or medical procedures. A normal body temperature can be a potentially positive sign that the patient isn’t expe- riencing a disease process, infection, or trauma and that the body’s cells, tissues, and organs aren’t under metabolic distress. We’ll review 12 different ways to assess a patient’s temperature but, first, let’s take a closer look at temperature norms, highs, and lows. www.NursingMadeIncrediblyEasy.com September/October 2013 Nursing made Incredibly Easy! 13 Copyright © 2013 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Unauthorized reproduction of this article http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! Wolters Kluwer Health

12 ways to take a temperature

Davis, Charlotte
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! , Volume 11 (5) – Sep 1, 2013
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12 ways to take a temperature Become familiar with all the options for this common procedure. By Denise Landon, BSN, RN, CMSC Direct Care Nurse VA Outpatient Clinic Clarkesville, Tenn. Melinda Dickens, LPN, SN Alvin C. York VA Medical Center Murfreesboro, Tenn. Charlotte Davis, BSN, RN CCRN CCU/CVICU Direct Care Nurse Heritage Medical Center Shelbyville, Tenn. Direct Care Nurse/Charge Nurse Alvin C. York VA Medical Center Murfreesboro, Tenn. Body temperature is a numerical expression of the body’s heat and metabolic activity balance and can be a major indicator of a person’s health status. Assessing a patient’s body temperature is a common procedure nurses perform to monitor for signs of infection, environmental exposure, shock, ovulation, or therapeutic response to medications or medical procedures. A normal body temperature can be a potentially positive sign that the patient isn’t expe- riencing a disease process, infection, or trauma and that the body’s cells, tissues, and organs aren’t under metabolic distress. We’ll review 12 different ways to assess a patient’s temperature but, first, let’s take a closer look at temperature norms, highs, and lows. www.NursingMadeIncrediblyEasy.com September/October 2013 Nursing made Incredibly Easy! 13 Copyright © 2013 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Unauthorized reproduction of this article

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