The hospital has just provided its nurses with information about biologic threats and terrorism. After completing the course, a group of nurses are discussing their responsibility in relation to terrorism
The nurses who correctly understood the presentation are the ones who identify their action to be: 1. Separating clients according to cultural, religious, or ethnic group.
2. Disposing of blood-contaminated needles in the sharps container.
3. Notifying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) if a large number of persons with the same life-threatening infection present to the Emergency Department.
4. Initiating isolation precautions for a hospitalized client with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
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Rationale:
1. Discrimination based on cultural, religious, or ethnic group is immoral and illegal, and will do nothing to stop terrorism.
2. Proper disposal of blood-contaminated needles in the sharps container is an appropriate nursing action, but does not relate to terrorism.
3. When a large number of persons with the same life-threatening infection present to the Emergency Department, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must be contacted to investigate the source of serious infections and determine whether a terrorist threat exists.
4. Initiating isolation precautions for a hospitalized client with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an appropriate nursing action, but does not relate to terrorism.
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