Question

An older adult with chills arrived to hospital. the nurse assesses the client’s vital signs and determined the client has a fever. what would be the client’s rectal temperature?

Answer 1

The answer is 38.5ºC

Chill is a feeling of coldness that will only be experienced when the fever is high. This will be accompanied by shivering, involuntary movement of the muscle, that will help increasing the body temperature. Since the patient experiencing chill, the temperature of the fever would be higher than usual and could reach more than 38ºC