Employee health test results reveal a tuberculosis (TB) skin test of 16-mm induration and a negative chest x-ray for a staff nurse working on the pulmonary unit. The nurse has no symptoms of TB
Which information should the occupational health nurse plan to teach the staff nurse?
a. Standard four-drug therapy for TB
b. Need for annual repeat TB skin testing
c. Use and side effects of isoniazid (INH)
d. Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine
ANS: C
The nurse is considered to have a latent TB infection and should be treated with INH daily for 6 to 9 months. The four-drug therapy would be appropriate if the nurse had active TB. TB skin testing is not done for individuals who have already had a positive skin test. BCG vaccine is not used in the United States for TB and would not be helpful for this individual, who already has a TB infection.
You might also like to view...
A nursing student originally decided to begin a career because of several media reports that described a severe nursing shortage. Which of the following statements best describes the nursing shortage?
A) Supply and demand for nursing services are now better matched than ever before. B) The nursing shortage was a prediction than never actually materialized. C) The downturn in the economy effectively resolved the previous nursing shortage. D) There has been a nursing shortage for more than a decade and it expected to worsen.
Which of the following statements correctly describes the incidence of battered women in the United States?
a. The battered woman syndrome affects only a small percentage of the population. b. The largest number of battered women are in the lower socioeconomic classes. c. Each year about 1.5 women are battered by their male partners. d. Battering is second only to automobile accidents as the most frequent cause of injury to women.
Which of the following characterize decerebration, a result of bilateral diencephalic injury? Select all that apply
a. Arm extension d. Plantar flexion of feet b. Arm flexion e. Teeth clenching c. Back and neck arching f. Dorsiflexion of feet
The body's metabolic needs are ____________________ during sleep.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).