Nursing Test Banks for Infection Prevention and Control under Potter et al.: Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition with questions and answers 1. The nurse and a new nurse in orientation are caring for a patient with pneumonia. Which statement by the new

Nursing Test Banks for Infection Prevention and Control under Potter et al.: Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition with questions and answers 1. The nurse and a new nurse in orientation are caring for a patient with pneumonia. Which statement by the new nurse will indicate a correct understanding of this condition? a. “An infectious disease like pneumonia may not pose a risk to others.” b. “We need to isolate the patient in a private negative-pressure room.” c. “Clinical signs and symptoms are not present in pneumonia.” d. “The patient will not be able to return home.” ANS: A Infections are infectious and/or communicable. Infectious diseases may not pose a risk for transmission to others, although they are serious for the patient. Pneumonia is not a communicable disease—a disease that is transmitted directly from one individual to the next, so there is no need for isolation. A private negative–air pressure room is used for tuberculosis, not pneumonia. Clinical signs and symptoms are present in pneumonia. Frequently, patients with pneumonia do return home unless there are extenuating circumstances.