Medical surgical Nursing Cases and Answers

Medical surgical Nursing Cases and Answers A nurse is admitting a client who has active tuberculosis. Which of the following isolation precautions should the nurse implement? A. Airborne B. Neutropenic C. Contact D. Droplet - CORRECT SOLUTION-A. Airborne Rationale: The nurse should initiate airborne precautions for the client who has tuberculosis because tuberculosis is a respiratory infection that is spread through the air. The client should be placed in a room with negative airflow pressure filtered through a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter. Members of the healthcare team should not enter the client's room without wearing an N95 respirator mask. A nurse is assessing a client who has a chest tube in place following thoracic surgery. For which of the following findings should the nurse notify the provider?