A nurse receives a telephone call from the admitting office and is told that a child with rheumatic fever will be arriving in the nursing unit for admission. On admission, the nurse prepares to ask the mother which question to elicit assessment information specific to the development of rheumatic fever?

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On admission, the nurse should ask the mother a question to elicit assessment information specific to the development of rheumatic fever. The appropriate question would be: "did the child have a sore throat or fever within the last two months?" Rheumatic fever characteristically presents two to six weeks after an untreated or partially treated beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection of the upper respiratory tract. Initially, the nurse determines whether the child has had a sore throat or an unexplained fever within the past two months.

A Nurse Receives a Telephone Call from the Admitting Office