You are a nurse working on a bone marrow transplant unit. Your patient is scheduled to receive a bone marrow transplant. What information will you provide to the patient's visitors?
A) Bring plants to improve air quality.
B) Take the patient to the cafeteria for meals.
C) Wear hospital scrubs when entering the patient's room.
D) Do not visit if you've had a recent infection.
Ans: D
Feedback: Before engraphment, patients are at a high risk for infection, sepsis, and bleeding. Visitors should not visit if they've had a recent illness or vaccination. Plants should not be brought to the BMT patient. The patient cannot go to the cafeteria for meals. Disposable hospital gowns are worn when entering the patient's room.
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