The patient's body temperature is 33° C.The patient is shivering and the nurse needs to initiate which interventions?

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If the patient's body temperature is between 36° and 37° C,the patient can simply be covered with warmed blankets,and heat lamps can be used to keep the patient adequately warm.If the patient's body temperature is less than 36° C,rapid rewarming is required to decrease the possible complications of hypothermia and the postanesthesia recovery time.Other methods of rewarming are thermal mattresses,fluid and blood warming,and environmental warming.Supplemental oxygen may be needed to meet the increased metabolic demand in shivering patients.Patients who are shivering may respond to a small dose of meperidine.

The Patient's Body Temperature Is 33° C