The nurse works in infection control at a large hospital. Which client does the nurse recognize as being at greatest risk of acquiring a fungal infection?
1. The client with severe burns over 20% of the body
2. The client with malignant melanoma who is receiving chemotherapy
3. The adolescent client with a fractured femur from an automobile accident
4. The client with anemia who is pregnant with triplets
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Even though the line of defense of the skin is partially removed, there is no information that suggests the client is immunocompromised and at great risk.
Rationale 2: Chemotherapy will decrease the client's immune response, thereby increasing susceptibility to fungal infection.
Rationale 3: Adolescents have a healthy immune response. The fractured femur does not increase the risk for infection.
Rationale 4: Anemia does not increase the risk of fungal infection.
Global Rationale: Chemotherapy will decrease the client's immune response, thereby increasing susceptibility to fungal infection. Even though the line of defense of the skin is partially removed, there is no information that suggests the client is immunocompromised and at great risk. Adolescents have a healthy immune response. The fractured femur does not increase the risk for infection. Anemia does not increase the risk of fungal infection.
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