Fever Management and Sepsis: Discovering the Evidence to Guide Nursing Practice

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Temperature monitoring and fever management are in nursing’s practice domain. This intermediate session engages participants in reviewing nursing traditions and current evidence related to fever management including: 1) accuracy of body temperature measurement methods, 2) the impact of fever suppression during infection/sepsis on patient outcomes and 3) recent research findings which support trials of permissive fever during infection/sepsis.

Objectives

Identify the three most accurate and reliable methods of measuring body temperature in adult and pediatric patients.
Describe the risks and benefits of fever suppression with antipyretic medications and physical cooling for ICU patients.
List the indications from research findings for considering permissive fever for patients with infection/sepsis.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity. Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.