Related Experiment Video
Updated: Sep 6, 2025

Esophageal Heat Transfer for Patient Temperature Control and Targeted Temperature Management
Published on: November 21, 2017
Impact of an Educational Program on Improving Nurses' Management of Fever: An Experimental Study
Bi-Hung Hsiao1, Ya-Ling Tzeng2,3, Kwo-Chen Lee2,3
1Department of Nursing, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung 407219, Taiwan.
Background:
Despite a public information campaign "To Break the Myth of Fever", nurses continued to overtreat fever. This study hypothesized that the campaign lacked the detailed rationale essential to alter nurses' attitudes and behaviors.
Aim:
To evaluate the effect of the educational program on nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to fever management.
Design:
A randomized experimental design using a time series analysis.
Methods:
A random sample of 58 medical/surgical nurses was evenly divided into an intervention and a control group. The intervention group received an educational program on fever and fever management. Both groups completed a pretest and four posttests using investigator-developed instruments: a questionnaire on knowledge and attitudes about fever management and a fever treatment checklist to audit charts.
Results:
The intervention group had markedly higher knowledge scores and reduced use of ice pillows at all four posttests, as well as lower use of antipyretics overall, except for the first posttest, despite no sustained change in attitude.
Conclusions:
An educational program for fever management can effectively improve clinical nurses' knowledge and attitudes about fever management.
More Related Videos
04:58Reduced Procedure Time and Variability with Active Esophageal Cooling During Radiofrequency Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: August 25, 2022
06:59A Novel Approach for the Administration of Medications and Fluids in Emergency Scenarios and Settings
Published on: November 9, 2016
Related Concept Videos
Methods of reducing fever
Pharmacological Methods of Reducing Fever:
Factors Affecting Body Temperature
Factors may include:
Pneumonia V: Nursing management and Prevention
The nurse must practice strict medical asepsis and adhere to infection control guidelines to minimize healthcare-associated infections.
Enhance airway patency
Position the patient correctly to facilitate drainage of the affected lung segments. Manual or mechanical percussion and vibration can also be employed....
Increased Body Temperature
Urinary Tract Infection IV: Nursing Management
Types of Fever
Here are the different types of fever: