A 72-year-old patient with TB is undergoing standard treatment in a health care facility. Which ongoing assessment would the nurse complete?
A) Monitoring for appearance of adverse reactions
B) Monitoring patient's vital signs every 24 hours
C) Assessing patient's history of contacts
D) Use DOT to administer the drug to the patient
Ans: A
Feedback:
The nurse should monitor for the appearance of adverse reactions in the patient during ongoing assessment of the treatment. The nurse should monitor vital signs of the patient every 4 hours and not every 24 hours when the patient is hospitalized. The nurse should assess the patient's history of contacts as part of the preadministration assessment and not as part of the ongoing assessment. DOT can only be used by the nurse to administer antitubercular drugs when the patient is at home, at his place of employment, or in school. DOT is not used when the patient is hospitalized.
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