u/ABCTscan

What is yalls opinion on discharging pediatric patients with ongoing fever? Like slam dunk viral URI (sore throat, cough, congestion). No resp distress, vaccinated, very low concern for meningitis, pna, bacteremia, etc. And they have a fever and elevated HR (cause fever). Do you give all of these patients Tylenol/motrin and a wait for vitals to improve before d/c? Or just say “yeah you have a fever cause of virus, you can take Tylenol/motrin at home”. I find these patients can be a time suck for both nursing staff and myself. Like does a fever that’s not responding to treatment change your plan if the above is true?

Thanks in advance!