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By Nurse Diane
My son recently moved to another city, and into a house
instead of the apartments he previously rented.
His home has an attached garage, so he could get in his car without
going outside. With the weather being
unusually cold down south, he was not used to wearing a coat or jacket in the
mornings. Well this particular morning,
he left his warm home, went through his warm garage, and got in his warm car to
drive to work. Once he got out of his
car, his body was shocked with the freezing temperature, which made his long
walk to his office a bit chilly.
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My father laughed at him and then informed him that he
needed an indoor/outdoor Thermometer. (Don’t
tell, but he is getting one for Christmas!)
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Thermometers are wonderful tools with many uses. As a nurse, the first thing that comes to
mind is to check the body's temperature for fever. A friend of mine spent many a childhood day
warming a thermometer to get out of going to school. He heated it just enough for a small fever,
and didn't put it on the pipes to break the glass.
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These days a glass thermometer is difficult to find. Reason being that the glass breaks, causing
injury, and the mercury inside is harmful to your health. These have been mainly replaced by digital
thermometers, which are fast and accurate.
I am reminded of a nurse joke using a thermometer:
A big
shot business man had to spend a couple of days in the hospital. He was a royal
pain to the nurses because he bossed them around just like he did his
employees. None of the hospital staff wanted to have anything to do with him.
The
head nurse was the only one who could stand up to him. She came into his room
and announced, “I have to take your temperature.”
After
complaining for several minutes, he finally settled down, crossed his arms, and
opened his mouth.
“No,
I’m sorry, the nurse stated, “but for this reading, I can’t use an oral
thermometer.
This
started another round of complaining, but eventually he rolled over and bared
his behind. After feeling the nurse insert the thermometer, he heard her
announce, “I have to get something. Now you stay JUST LIKE THAT until I get
back!”
She
leaves the door to his room open on her way out. He curses under his breath as
he hears people walking past his door, laughing.
After a
half hour, the man’s doctor comes into the room. “What’s going on here?” asked
the doctor.
Angrily,
the man answers, “What’s the matter, Doc? Haven’t you ever seen someone having
their temperature taken?”
After a
pause, the doctor confesses, “Not with a carnation.”
I also use a digital thermometer while making my famous
fudge, pralines and divinity at Christmas.
Comes in handy and you don't have to worry about a hard ball or soft
ball stage.
Thermometers are also used to checking the temperature
outside and inside, they also check the temperature of your vehicle to prevent
from overheating.
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All this was made possible in 1724. Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit was the German
physicist who invented the first practical thermometer, the mercury thermometer
in 1714. In 1724, he developed the scale of temperature that bears his name,
the Fahrenheit Scale.
So
before you go outside today...check your thermometer, so you don’t freeze when
you leave the house.
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