ILCTE Lesson Taking a Temperature

• Did she display a positive at titude when dealing with her “patient”? • Did she rinse and dry and a tissue? • Did she check the thermometer for any cracks or chips? • Did she “snap” it down to 94 degrees Fahrenheit? • Did she wrap it something plastic (i.e. plastic wrap, baggie)? • Did she place it in the same spot that you did? • Did she ask the “patient” not to talk or bite down on the thermometer? • Did she time how long it was going to stay in? How long was that? • Did she hold onto the end of the thermometer? Did you? • Did she hold it at eye level to read the thermometer? • Did she accurately read the thermometer? Did she note Centigrade or Fahrenheit? • What did she document? All the necessary information? Name, site, temperature reading • Did she accurately determine if the temperature was normal or not? • Did she wash her hands after completing this skill? • How did she dispose of the plastic wrap? 4. Using the discussion board, identify what she did differently than you did the first time. • How many steps did you miss? • Are you certain you read the thermometer correctly? • Did you identify if Fahrenheit or Centigrade when recording your reading? • Did you note the route the temperature was taken? • Did you include the patient’s name? • What else might be important to write down? • Did you practice the proper hand hygiene technique after task completed? 5. Students using Flipgrid will again video themselves demonstrating the correct procedure for taking an oral temperature using a glass thermometer. • Compare your first and second videos. • Did they significantly improve? • Do they still need improvement? • Do you need more practice? 6. Using a discussion board or breakout rooms, discuss the questions from #5.

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What questions can they answer if they are beginning to understand this material?