The nurse caring for several patients on the intermediate care unit considers which of the following patients to be most at risk for developing an infection? A patient with a/an:
a. Centrally venous catheter
b. Indwelling urinary catheter
c. Colostomy
d. Nasoenteric feeding tube
ANS: A
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