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Temperature Questions and Answers What is the oral temperature range? 36.5-37.5 degrees C (97.7-99.5 degrees F) What is the tympanic temperature range? 36.8-37.8 degrees C (98.2-100 degrees F) What is the temporal temperature range? 37.1-38.1 degrees C (98.7-100.5 degrees F) ...

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  • January 5, 2025
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  • what is the oral temperature range 365 375 degr
  • what is the tympanic temperature range 368 378

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Temperature Questions and Answers
What is the oral temperature range? - answer 36.5-37.5 degrees C (97.7-99.5
degrees F)

What is the tympanic temperature range? - answer 36.8-37.8 degrees C (98.2-100
degrees F)

What is the temporal temperature range? - answer 37.1-38.1 degrees C (98.7-100.5
degrees F)

What is the rectal temperature range? - answer 37.1-38.1 degrees C (98.7-100.5
degrees F)

What is the axillary temperature range? - answer 35.9-36.9 degrees C (96.7-98.5
degrees F)

Which patients should you not take an oral temperature on? - answer Pts with oral
cavity diseases, in those who have had surgery of the nose and mouth, or when there is
a risk of seizures.

Why should you not take patients receiving oxygen via a mask temperature orally? -
answer

What should you do when taking the temperature of a patient who has an earache? -
answer Do not take the pt's temperature using a tympanic thermometer in the
affected ear. Assess the pt for scarring of the tympanic membrane and/or ear drainage,
as these conditions can cause inaccurate results and result in problems for the pt.

What patients should the rectal temperature not be taken? - answer neonates
(newborns), children with diarrhea, pts who have undergone rectal surgery, or have a
disease of the rectum.

Why should you not insert a rectal thermometer in a patient with a low platelet count? -
answer The thermometer may cause rectal bleeding, as the rectum is very vascular.

What could happen in patients with heart disease or who have had cardiac surgery
when they are assessed with a rectal thermometer? - answer The heart rate (HR)
may slow down by stimulating the vagus nerve from the insertion of the rectal
thermometer.

True or False: The axillary temperature is more accurate than the temporal artery
temperature reading measurements. - answer False. The temporal artery

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