NURSING 6435 Nursing 6435 Week 9 Discussion

Nursing 6435 Week 9 Discussion An eighteen-month-old child, well-known to your practice, presents with a seven-day history of fever ranging from 101 to 104.7 degrees Fahrenheit. On the fourth day of the fever, the emergency department had performed the following tests:  A blood and urine culture  A complete blood count  A comprehensive metabolic panel The culture reports were found to be negative. Today, the vitals of the child are the following:  Temperature: 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit  Heart rate: 120 beats/minute  Respiratory rate: 20 breaths/minute  Blood pressure: 90/40 Physical examination of the child indicates the following positive findings:  Injected conjunctiva  Palmar redness  Magenta-colored lips  Red macula  Excoriating rashes in the diaper area