New Normal Temp

Me too! I thought my thermometer had gotten dodgy, and I had to try two other ones before I concluded that 97.9 is simply where it's at ?

I agree. I get a read of 97.9 more than anything else. It is a radio station where I live too, so I always have "97.9 The Beat" stuck in my head.

I see 97.9 more often than any other temp it seems...

I'm stuck at 97.6 or 98.3. Seems like every afebrile (less than 100) temp I get is one of those.

97.9-98.3 is the range I see most often.

seems like majority of my students are in the 98's. however I am typically in the 97's when I am feeling well. So when I hit the 99's I usually feel like garbage. which is why I take pity on students who are running low grade.

when I work in the hospital it varies a lot, I am sure because people are actually sick vs the kids coming in well and trying to go home lol.

We must be cooling off to help with global warming.?

Then we still have to fight with those people who say "97.9 is his normal temp so 99 is a fever for him" ? I have a friend who is a NURSE and even she throws this argument at me.

On 1/14/2020 at 8:12 AM, MHDNURSE said:

Then we still have to fight with those people who say "97.9 is his normal temp so 99 is a fever for him" ? I have a friend who is a NURSE and even she throws this argument at me.

I was just about to add that. No, even when my normal is 97.9, a fever is still 100.0 in my district. I do however notice it when I am at 99.8, though. Bless. Her. Heart.

Yes! 97.9 or 98.1 is most common!

On 1/14/2020 at 8:12 AM, MHDNURSE said:

Then we still have to fight with those people who say "97.9 is his normal temp so 99 is a fever for him" ? I have a friend who is a NURSE and even she throws this argument at me.

Give me a doctor's order or else you're following school policy 100.4F is a fever. What's the point of this though? To get an excused absence? If you want to keep your kid home then keep your kid home.

I hate this BS! I actually have a mom rushing to school to pick up her son with a temp of 98.6 because "that's a fever for him"

nope ?