While Making a Home Visit the Nurse Learns That a Patient

question 33

Multiple Choice

While making a home visit the nurse learns that a patient self-administering insulin injections is placing the used needles and syringes in the family's trash can. What action should the nurse take?

• A) Instruct the patient to place the needles and syringes in a separate plastic bag.
• B) Nothing, because these needles and syringes are harmless to the general population.
• C) Ask the patient to save all used syringes and needles after use for the nurse to dispose of.
• D) Teach the patient to place all used syringes and needles into the red biohazard sharps box.

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