Best thermometer for kids with aversion to touch

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Dec 6, 2013

Of course yours were probably getting abused and misused while the nurses' were likely well taken care of. My biggest gripe with the "ours only" approach is that there often aren't enough to permit doing the job efficiently... Long ago I used to work for an electronics company... Hewlett-Packard... long before they split with Agilent and decided to buy Compaq... back when they were THE world-class manufacturer of high-end test equipment (and calculators... I still mourn my HP-41 and my HP-11)... HP's quality-assurance was second-to-none... and much better than any healthcare organization I've ever seen... And yet, we were permitted to use our own metrology equipment... we simply had to submit it to the QA department for regular validation... Win-win... If only hospitals were run by engineers...[/quote']
But in private duty you generally have one nurse one patient so how is there not "enough equipment to do the job efficiently"? Many nurses have their own thermometer as back up but we. 99.99% of the time use the thermometer provided by the child's family. The only equipment of our own required is a stethoscope. For blood pressures, especially, we are required to use the one in the patient 's equipment for the exact reason of vent mommy....consistent readings. Most pediatric patients generally only require RR, HR, and temp as standard vitals. Children that require BP also need consistent readings to ensure that their condition is monitored accurately.

fetch, BSN, RN · Dec 6, 2013

Two of the nurses in my district got to test out the Vera Temp non-contact thermometer this semester, and I'm getting one for January . . . can't wait! They're really impressed with how it works so I'm hopeful.

VeraTemp Professional Non-Contact Thermometer

ventmommy · Dec 6, 2013

Of course, yours were probably getting abused and misused while the nurses' were likely well taken care of.

I fail to see how mine, which were safely kept in a bedside drawer when not in use, are possibly more abused and misused than ones that live in a nurse's bag that is thrown around multiple houses, sliding around a trunk, left in a car in extreme heat or cold, and used on other patients.

ventmommy · Dec 6, 2013

Two of the nurses in my district got to test out the Vera Temp non-contact thermometer this semester, and I'm getting one for January . . . can't wait! They're really impressed with how it works so I'm hopeful.
VeraTemp Professional Non-Contact Thermometer

This is a very interesting thing. I just read the manual so I could see what the min/max temperatures were and it's got a pretty good range at 90F to 109F.

PerfectlyPlump, ADN, RN · Dec 6, 2013

Some patents pity their child and/or don't wasnt to anger them. (touch aversion)

Some just think their child " never gets sick". Some want to be in charge, and therefore tend to give the nurse commands.

Of course, it makes no sense.