An 80-Year-Old Patient with Congestive Heart Failure Has a Viral

An 80-year-old patient with congestive heart failure has a viral upper respiratory infection.The patient asks the primary care NP about treating the fever,which is 38.5° C.The NP should:

A) recommend acetaminophen.
B) recommend high-dose acetaminophen.
C) tell the patient that antibiotics are needed with a fever that high.
D) tell the patient a fever less than 40° C does not need to be treated.