The Patient Has an Order to Be Off the Floor

Multiple Choice

The patient has an order to be off the floor for 15 minutes every 2 hours to smoke a cigarette.The patient has just returned from his "cigarette break." The nurse is about to take the patient's temperature orally and should:

A) wait about 15 minutes before taking his temperature.
B) give him oral fluids to rinse the nicotine away before taking his temperature.
C) give him a stick of chewing gum to chew and then take his temperature.
D) take his oral temperature and record the findings.