The Nurse Is Ready to Take the Temperature of a Child

The nurse is ready to take the temperature of a child who is to be discharged from the hospital if the temperature is within the normal range. The health care practitioner and family are waiting to hear about the temperature. The nurse considers taking an axillary temperature but decides instead to take the temperature orally. What is the most likely reason that the nurse decided to take the temperature orally in this case?

A) The axilla is not sensitive to early temperature changes, and accuracy was critical in this case.
B) An oral temperature is much quicker to determine than an axillary temperature.
C) Locating an axillary thermometer might be more difficult than finding an oral one.
D) The oral temperature reading is easier and safer to get then compared to an axillary temperature.