The nurse took the patient's temperature and found it to be 97.6° F. She entered "976" in the computer. The computer program displayed an error message. What was the computer program checking?

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The computer program was checking the validity of the entered data, which means whether it falls within an acceptable range or not. In this case, the program might have identified the entered value as invalid because the temperature of 97.6°F is lower than the acceptable range of normal body temperature. Therefore, the nurse may need to recheck the temperature and enter the correct value to avoid any erroneous information being stored in the computer.

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