My Child Has a Fever
is divided into chapters
that each address a statement of parental concern heard time and again
by a
nurse practitioner or pediatrician From the perspective of the health
care
provider, illnesses often come in “epidemics.”
For example, on a Monday morning, a nurse practitioner may see 14 patients, and nine of them have experienced a sore throat and headache since Friday evening with no fever. On another day, the nurse practitioner might see 15 out of 23 children with the same cough and degree of fever. From the perspective of the parent, it is only their child who is ill, and therefore they are very concerned and at times frightened, so they come in for a sick visit. From a nurse practitioner’s or doctor’s view, seeing identical symptoms and hearing matching concerns from parent after parent allows him or her to know that a mini “epidemic” is once again underway.
Gathering these various “epidemics” into individual chapters allows parents to quickly scan the book for their own concerns and offers the understanding that they are just one of many who have felt the same pangs of worry over the same symptoms and problems that their child is currently experiencing. While each of the chapters discusses symptoms, there is also information for parents to learn why symptoms are happening, what they can do, and when to relax or worry.
However, this is not a medical text, and the book will remind readers that it should never be used in place of one's own health care provider's recommendation. Instead, My Child Has a Fever is a “light” book that should be used to learn and enjoy all that normally happens to our children as they get ill, get better, grow and prosper.
For example, on a Monday morning, a nurse practitioner may see 14 patients, and nine of them have experienced a sore throat and headache since Friday evening with no fever. On another day, the nurse practitioner might see 15 out of 23 children with the same cough and degree of fever. From the perspective of the parent, it is only their child who is ill, and therefore they are very concerned and at times frightened, so they come in for a sick visit. From a nurse practitioner’s or doctor’s view, seeing identical symptoms and hearing matching concerns from parent after parent allows him or her to know that a mini “epidemic” is once again underway.
Gathering these various “epidemics” into individual chapters allows parents to quickly scan the book for their own concerns and offers the understanding that they are just one of many who have felt the same pangs of worry over the same symptoms and problems that their child is currently experiencing. While each of the chapters discusses symptoms, there is also information for parents to learn why symptoms are happening, what they can do, and when to relax or worry.
However, this is not a medical text, and the book will remind readers that it should never be used in place of one's own health care provider's recommendation. Instead, My Child Has a Fever is a “light” book that should be used to learn and enjoy all that normally happens to our children as they get ill, get better, grow and prosper.
