A student is reading the medical record of an assigned client and notes the client has been afebrile for the past 12 hours. What does the term "afebrile" indicate? a. Normal body temperature b. Decreased body temperature c. Increased body temperature d. Fluctuating body temperature

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Answer:

Normal body temperature.

Explanation:

The medical record also known as health record is used to describe the medical health of an individual patient. The medical record contains different observations, drugs and therapies of the patient.

Afebrile term in medical record refers to the no fever situation of the patient. The afebrile refers to the normal body temperature and no increase or decrease or any fluctuation in the temperature. The temperature of the body is equal to the normal physiology temperature of the body.

Thus, the correct answer is option (a).

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