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You Are About to Take the Patient's Temperature Using a Temporal

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You are about to take the patient's temperature using a temporal artery thermometer.This procedure would require which of the following steps? Select all that apply.


A) Remove the protective cap from the probe head.
B) Position the probe head on the center of the forehead, midway between the eyebrow and hairline, and depress the scan button.
C) Rapidly, while applying pressure, move the thermometer across the forehead (in either direction) maintaining contact between the probe head and the patient's forehead until the hairline is reached.
D) Observe for a blinking light and/or beeping indicating that a measurement is being calculated.
E) Release the scan button and remove the thermometer from the patient's forehead.Read the temperature on the display screen.
F) Discard the protective cap and the probe.

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