it is essential that nurses
are able to identify rare cases of fever that may
be an indicator of serious illness.
Over the past few years, research has
changed the way that fever is managed in
young children. Traditional practices of
removing all of the child’s clothing and nursing
him or her exposed, and routine administration
of antipyretics is no longer recommended.
Fever is a natural adaptive process which
may improve the body’s resistance to future
infections and the frequent use of antipyretics
to artificially reduce the body temperature may
inhibit this process.