Question

The nurse is discussing fever with the parents of a child who is in the emergency department with a temperature of 101 degrees Fahrenheit. Which statement by a parent indicates an understanding about fevers and their management in the ill child?

Answer 1

"Fevers can be beneficial because they can slow down the growth of the bacteria or virus that may be causing the infection.”

Step-by-step explanation:

Fever is caused by pyrogens circulating in the blood activated by viral and bacterial infection. Fever is the body's reaction to infection and raised body temperature kills some bacteria and viruses which are temperature sensitive thus getting rid of infection. the other statement about using cool clothes in fever as high as 101 °F is not correct because cool water bath and washed clothes are used with infants only when the fever is too high such as 103 °F and above.