The nurse bathes a client who has an infection transmitted by the oral-fecal route and notes a small tear in one glove. Which group of interventions does the nurse use for self-protection?
1. Finish the bath, apply fresh gloves, and wash hands.
2. Continue the bath and change gloves when finished.
3. Apply a new glove over the torn one to finish the bath.
4. Remove the gloves, wash hands, and apply new gloves.
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4. For self-protection, the nurse interrupts the bath to avoid additional exposure to a potential pathogen by removing the gloves, washing both hands with soap and water, and applying fresh gloves for protection against exposure so the nurse can finish the bath.
1. The nurse risks infection by continuing the bath with a portal of entry on the glove. The nurse washes the hands before applying fresh gloves.
2. The nurse continues to be exposed to the pathogen if the bath continues and if the hands remain contaminated. The nurse should interrupt the bath, wash hands, and put on new gloves.
3. The nurse encases potential pathogens in another glove by applying a second glove over the first glove and increases the risk of exposure to the client's infection by not eliminating the potential contamination.
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