Which of the following best describes why a nurse working in a U.S. urban area should be knowledgeable about infectious diseases common to areas of Africa?
a. Nurses have an ethical commitment to care for others throughout the world.
b. Every infectious disease is just one airplane ride away.
c. Infection could occur if a nurse goes out in public.
d. Nurses meet people who may originally have been born elsewhere.
ANS: B
Infectious diseases do not recognize or respect country borders. With rapid international travel, an infected person could easily be in any country in a very short period of time. Problems throughout the globe can threaten human life. Although nurses have an ethical commitment to provide care, infections can occur anywhere, and nurses may care for populations who were originally born outside of the United States, the primary need for the nurse to have this knowledge exists because infectious diseases can spread throughout the world in a very short period of time because of the ease of travel in the world.
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