The nurse is caring for a client who developed an infection after admission to the hospital. Which term should the nurse use when documenting this infection?
1. Idiopathic infection
2. Bacterial infection
3. Health care-associated infection
4. Therapeutic infection
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Rationale 1: Idiopathic is not a term used to describe an infection.
Rationale 2: Not enough information is provided to determine whether the infection is bacterial in nature.
Rationale 3: A health care-associated infection is an infection not present and without evidence of incubation at the time of admission to a healthcare setting.
Rationale 4: Therapeutic is not a type of infection.
Global Rationale: A health care-associated infection is an infection not present and without evidence of incubation at the time of admission to a healthcare setting. Idiopathic is not a term used to describe an infection. Not enough information is provided to determine whether the infection is bacterial in nature. Therapeutic is not a type of infection.
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