HA question about elevated temp

are you saying that your partner's temp is elevated and that this is a normal and expected condition for him/her? Wouldn't they have any knowledge of a possible reason for this or simply something he/she has noticed over the years?

they did not give me a reason for the regularly higher temps - I got the impression that their normal was just on the high end of the range

then i think that would be my explanation --- temp elvated but is normal for him/her as self reported.

you are correct that you cannot Dx infection as a nurse --- but if this happens on a regular basis and your partner is aware of it then unlikely to be an infection -- could be any number of things,, but would think that the person would have an idea of what causes it.. maybe something they are not comfortable sharing with a fellow student.

Okay, thank you. That is actually what I wrote last time.

If a patient told me that I would chart something like. "Temp 99.3. Patient states "I normally run high.""

How "high" are we talking? There is a range of normal for temperatures and slightly above 98.6 could be and often is a normal variation.

[My health assessment lab partner told me at the beginning of the semester that they "run high" on temps and sure enough, their temperature has been high ]

Who are "they?"

I'm trying to be as non-specific as possible, and unfortunately the English language does not have a gender-neutral singular pronoun.

Our text lists the normal range as 96.4-99.1 - the temp was 100.0.

How "high" are we talking? There is a range of normal for temperatures and slightly above 98.6 could be and often is a normal variation.

Our text lists the normal range as 96.4 - 99.1; the temp was 100.0.

I meant who are you talking about? patients? coworkers? all the people at this clinical site? Who's temp were you taking? Did he mean everyone at this facilty has high temps?

We are not in clinical yet - we are just learning health assessment skills with fellow nursing student lab partners. My lab partner told me, during our first VS lab, that "his/her" (i.e., my lab partner's) temps normally run high.