A nursing student visits a healthcare facility and asks the infection control nurse about the reasons that nurses are at risk in the healthcare facility. Which factor places the nurse at highest risk for contracting an infection?
A) Repeated contact with infectious materials and clients
B) Taking care of clients with infections
C) Administering medications to the client
D) Working with staff in various departments
A
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The nurse replies to the nursing student that the nurses are at risk because they are in repeated contact with infectious materials and are continually exposed to communicable diseases. Nurses are not at risk as a result of serving clients with infections, because of physical contact with clients, or as a result of close proximity with clients.
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