PAB985RN

Hello School Nurses, Asking this for a friend as it's not something I could answer for him. His 5 year old has been having off and on fevers - no symptoms other than the fever. She is in kindergarten and not happy to be there ... so she feels "yucky" or looks sad, teacher/aide asks if you feel okay, she says No and goes to the nurses office, her only happy place at school at this point. Normally not a problem as she gets a bit of attention and then back to class. Last couple of weeks though she has had a fever and their "send them home" temp is 101.2. She gets picked up, appears fine, fever is gone for a bit, might come back at home then go away again. She is a child with ear issues, and is scheduled for tube surgery in the next couple of weeks, but she's not complaining of anything and her ears look okay during these events. So, his question was "can a child unhappy with school will herself into a fever". Other than that, any thoughts as to what they could look for? Pediatrician didn't find anything either when she was taken for a visit after the last episode ... Thanks for your wisdom .. while not a school nurse, I do enjoy reading your forum!

It's one of those typical critical thinking types of questions - if all 3 angles are different (based on the information given), you can rule out equilateral (all 3 would be the same # of degrees), isosceles (2 are the same) and right (one has to be = to 90 and if that's the case, none can be as big as 2x -6) so the only one left is scalene ... but if you haven't done geometry in a while, this would be a total guess at the answer question ...but what it has to do with selecting someone for an ED tech job I have no idea.

Check the state of Illinois DOH for info - in NJ Rn's can challenge the EMT basic cert by taking a 24 hour refresher class and then the state EMT exam. Illinois might have something similar. Also, I know of several paramedics who have done paramedic to RN programs very successfully - takes a bit of time, but depending on what your overall background is, it can be done fairly quickly.