[Ten years of nurse consultation at the pediatric emergency department].

The Nurse consultation (CI) was implemented in 2013 at the emergency department of the Lausanne Children's Hospital. It offers medical delegated care for children aged three to 18. Ten years after its implementation, this article takes stock of its progress.

[The nurse consultation in a Swiss university paediatric emergency department].

In Switzerland, overcrowding in tertiary emergency departments is a frequent problem, resulting in lengthy waiting times, lower satisfaction on the part of families and a risk for patient's safety. The setting up of a nurse consultation in a university paediatric emergency centre has helped to improve the quality of care in this context.

When fever, paracetamol? Theory and practice in a paediatric outpatient clinic.

Objective: To determine how medical and nursing staff treat feverish children and compare the findings with their theoretical knowledge, evaluating how they might contribute to fever phobia in parents.

Setting: Paediatric Emergency Department.

Method: In the first step, we analysed prospectively the files of all children having consulted the Paediatric Emergency Department with a history of fever or of body temperature above 38 degrees C during a 2-week period.