The Appropriate Nursing Intervention for a Patient, Age 40, Who

question 18

Multiple Choice

The appropriate nursing intervention for a patient, age 40, who is diagnosed with active tuberculosis would be to

• A) place the patient in drainage and secretion precautions.
• B) place the patient in acid-fast bacillus (AFB) isolation precautions.
• C) maintain the patient in enteric isolation.
• D) place the patient in any isolation precautions.

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Definitions:

Communication Model

A theoretical framework that describes the process of transmitting and receiving messages or information between two or more parties.

Encode Message

The process of transforming information into a form that can be understood by a receiver during communication.

Transmit Message

The process of conveying information or meaning from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs and semiotic rules.

Corporate Grapevine

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