The charge nurse is assigning rooms for new admissions. Which patient would be the most appropriate roommate for a patient who has acute rejection of an organ transplant?
a. A patient who has viral pneumonia
b. A patient with second-degree burns
c. A patient who is recovering from an anaphylactic reaction to a bee sting
d. A patient with graft-versus-host disease after a recent bone marrow transplant
ANS: C
Treatment for a patient with acute rejection includes administration of additional immunosuppressants, and the patient should not be exposed to increased risk for infection as would occur from patients with viral pneumonia, graft-versus-host disease, and burns. There is no increased exposure to infection from a patient who had an anaphylactic reaction.
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