A school nurse is caring for a child with an upper respiratory tract infection. Which of the following nursing interventions should the nurse implement?
a. Send the child with a mild sore throat back to class.
b. Advise the parent of a child with a group A strep throat infection that they cannot return to school for 5 days.
c. Educate the parent that treatment of group A strep infections usually requires extra fluid intake.
d. Ask the parent of a child with a mild fever and mild sore throat to take the child to his or her health care provider.
Answer: d. Ask the parent of a child with a mild fever and mild sore throat to take the child to his or her health care provider.
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