12.
The bulb of a glass thermometer is long and slender. This thermometer is used to
take:
a. Oral temperatures only.
b. Rectal temperatures only.
c.
Axillary temperatures only.
d. Rectal and axillary temperatures.
e. Oral and axillary temperatures.
f.
Oral, axillary, and rectal temperatures.
13.
Oral thermometers are color-coded__________ while rectal thermometers are
color-coded ____________.
14.
A rectal temperature reading will be about ____________than an oral
temperature reading for the same patient.
a. 1 F higher.
b. 3 F higher.
c.
1 F lower.
d. 3 F lower.
15.
An axillary temperature reading will be about _________ than an oral temperature
reading for the same patient.
a. 1 F higher.
b. 3 F higher.
1 F lower.
c.
d. 3 F lower.
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