Relevant Temperature Measurements Select the cues that the nurse should recognize as normal and relevant to the client’s thermoregulation. The nurse is completing a nursing assessment on Rebecca (preferred pronouns: she, her), an 80-year-old woman, at the beginning of the day shift. The nurse assesses a set of vital signs at 0700 including a core body temperature reading of 35.20C. The nurse also obtains an oral temperature to verify the first result and obtains a reading of 36.3°C. Rebecca is alert and oriented, her skin is warm to touch and mucous membranes are pink.
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