A nurse assesses an oral temperature for an adult patient. The patient's temperature is 37.5°C (99.5°F). What term would the nurse use to report this temperature? a. Febrile b. Hypothermia c. Hypertension d. Afebrile - ANSWER>>d. Afebrile means without fever. This temperature is within the normal range for an adult. Fever (pyrexia) is an elevation of body temperature; a person with fever is said to be febrile. Hypothermia is a low body temperature and hyperthermia is a high body temperature. A nurse administers a dose of an oral medication for hypertension to a patient who immediately vomits after swallowing the pill. What would be the appropriate initial action of the nurse in this situation? a. Readminister the medication and notify the primary care provider. b. Readminister the pill in a liquid form if possible. c. Assess the vomit, looking for the pill. d. Notify the primary care provider. - ANSWER>>c. If a patient vomits immediately after swallowing an oral pill, the nurse should assess the vomit for the pill or fragments of it. The nurse should then notify the primary care provider to see if another dosage should be administered. A nurse is administering an oral medication to a patient via a gastric tube. The nurse observes the medication enter the tube, and then the tube becomes clogged. What would be the appropriate initial action of the nurse in this situation? a. Attempt to dislodge the medication with a 10-mL syringe. b. Notify the primary care provider. c. Remove the tube and replace it with another tube. d. Flush the tube with 60 mL of water. - ANSWER>>a. If medication becomes clogged in a gastric tube, the nurse should attach a 10-mL syringe on the end of the tube and pull back and lightly apply pressure to the plunger in a repetitive motion to attempt to dislodge the medication. If the medication does not move through the tube, the nurse should notify the primary care provider, who may request the tube be replaced. A nurse who is administering medications to patients in an acute care setting studies the pharmacokinetics of the drugs bei