The nurse is providing care for a group of clients on a medical-surgical unit. Which client does the nurse anticipate as being at greatest risk for a serious fungal infection?
1. 35-year-old healthy woman
2. 76-year-old client with hypertension
3. 12-year-old client with a renal transplant
4. 18-year-old client with asthma
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: A client with a suppressed immune system is at greatest risk.
Rationale 2: A client with a suppressed immune system is at greatest risk.
Rationale 3: Those with suppressed immune systems, such as patients infected with HIV or those receiving immunosuppressant therapy following a transplant, can acquire frequent fungal infections, some of which could require intensive drug therapy.
Rationale 4: A client with a suppressed immune system is at greatest risk.
Global Rationale: Those with suppressed immune systems, such as patients infected with HIV or those receiving immunosuppressant therapy following a transplant, can acquire frequent fungal infections, some of which could require intensive drug therapy. While the other clients may be at risk, this client poses the highest risk.
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