A nurse getting report at the beginning of shift learns that an assigned client has hyperpyrexia. The nurse realizes that this client is experiencing which of the following signs or symptoms? | Nursing

A.    extreme bleeding of the gums
B.    a very high fever, such as 41°C or 105.8°F
C.    waxy flexibility of the muscles
D.    third-degree burns over much of the body

Ans:  B