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Washington State University) People have become accustomed to having their temperature checked during the pandemic because fever is a key indicator of COVID-19. A new commentary written by faculty in Washington State University’s College of Nursing proposes that taking a temperature is a less useful indicator of infection in older adults and that a pulse oximeter be used instead. It said a fever may be overlooked because older adults’ baseline temperatures are lower.
May 3, 2021
By Addy Hatch, WSU College of Nursing
People have become accustomed to having their temperature checked during the pandemic because fever is a key indicator of COVID-19.
A new commentary by Washington State University College of Nursing Associate Professor Catherine Van Son and Clinical Assistant Professor Deborah Eti proposes that taking a temperature is a less useful indicator of infection in older adults and that a pulse oximeter be used instead.
The paper, published in Frontiers in Medicine, said baseline temperatures are lower in older adults. A lower baseline temperature means a fever may be overlooked using the CDC’s standard definition of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or greater.
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SPOKANE, Wash. - Touching patients while providing care is an important and unavoidable aspect of the nursing profession. Nurses can also transform touch into a useful therapeutic tool to improve patients and their own wellbeing.
Western Journal of Nursing Research.The authors include two Washington State University College of Nursing faculty, Associate Professor Marian Wilson and Assistant Professor Tullamora Landis, former faculty member Michele Shaw, and lead author Enrico DeLuca, of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, who visited WSU in 2018 to work with Wilson on the study.
Nurses touch patients frequently for tasks and to provide comfort and emotional support. Studies have looked at physical contact occurring during nursing care, offering several definitions. Expressive touch, for example, is spontaneous and used to establish contact, reassure or give comfort, such as laying a hand on a patient s shoulder.