Characteristics of nurses'care of febrile children in university and public hospitals

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  • 大学病院と公立病院における小児科看護師の発熱対処行動 : 冷却ジェルシートに関する知識と発熱児への対応
  • ダイガク ビョウイン ト コウリツ ビョウイン ニ オケル ショウニカ カンゴシ ノ ハツネツ タイショ コウドウ レイキャク ジェル シート ニ カンスル チシキ ト ハツネツジ エノ タイオウ

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This paper reports on research undertaken to determine pediatric nurses' understanding of cooling gel sheets, to clarify differences between hospitals regarding the way that febrile children are administered to, and to investigate the validity of such care. 452 nurses from national and public hospitals in Hokkaido answered a questionnaire asking them to rate their awareness and knowledge of febrility and comment on their methods of observation and intervention concerning febrile children. Although cooling gel sheets are not effective at reducing fever, about 30% of respondents used them. Additionally, it was found that a higher percentage of nurses at university hospitals used cooling gel sheets with greater frequency and without regard for the fever temperature than at public hospitals. In general, the frequency of cooling gel sheet use was seen to correlate with the degree of understanding of febrility and child-rearing experience.

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