A nursing student has woken up with a throbbing headache, slight chills, and several bouts of sneezing, but she is scheduled to be at a long-term care facility this morning for a day of clinical experience. What should the student do? She should:
A) call in sick to protect clients or classmates from becoming ill.
B) go to the facility, but wear a facemask when providing care for clients.
C) go to clinical as scheduled to demonstrate her eagerness to learn.
D) phone her clinical instructor and ask the instructor to decide whether she should come to clinical.
Ans: A
Feedback:
It is the student's obligation to avoid contaminating the clinical environment when she has any illness that could harm or affect a client's health or well-being, or the health and well-being of others present in the clinical area. It is more important for the nursing student to exercise sound judgment and notify the instructor and the facility promptly before clinical begins of the illness and necessary absence instead of going to clinical as scheduled while ill to demonstrate eagerness to learn. It is not the responsibility of an instructor to make this decision on the student's behalf. Wearing a mask is neither realistic nor effective.
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