Which intervention should the nurse provide to help prevent social isolation in a patient who has a radioactive implant?
a. Visit the patient frequently, but do not touch the patient.
b. Help provide diversional activities that the patient enjoys.
c. Encourage family to stay with the patient, but have them wear masks and gloves at all times.
d. Have only one nurse provide care to increase consistency.
ANS: B
Providing diversional activities for the patient may help reduce feelings of isolation. Limited contact and distance are used to protect the nurse, visitors, and other personnel from radiation exposure when a patient is being treated with radiation therapy. Assigning only one nurse increases that nurse's exposure, which is not safe. Mask and gloves will not protect family from radiation.
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