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Nurse Aid Skills

Promissor : Measuring and Recording Oral Temp. With Nonmercury Glass Thermometer

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1 Explains procedure to client, speaking clearly, slowly and directly maintaining face-to-face contact whenever possible
2 Puts on clean gloves before handling oral thermometer
3 Holds oral thermometer by stem
4 Before inserting oral thermometer in client’s mouth, and shakes the thermometer down to 96 degrees F or lower
5 Places a sheath/protective cover on oral thermometer
6 Inserts bulb end of oral thermometer into client’s mouth, under tounge, and to one side
7 Tells client to hold oral thermometer in mouth with lips closed and assist as necessary
8 Leaves thermometer in place for at least 3 minutes (for testing purposes can leave thermometer in for only a minute.)
9 Removes sheath/protective cover and disposes of in wastebasket
10 Reads oral thermometer before cleaning thermometer
11 Cleans oral thermometer and returns to container for used thermometers
12 Removes gloves and disposes of in wastebasket
13 signaling device is within clients reach
14 wash hands
15 Records oral temperature within plus or minus 0.2 degrees of evaluators reading
Created by: masantha4
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