A patient who is receiving daily steroids for the control of a condition calls the nurse to ask advice about whether a small child who has been exposed to influenza should come and visit be-cause she has not had any symptoms
What is the most appropriate response by the office nurse? a. "Yes, let the child visit. There is no reason not to visit because this child is not sick."
b. "No, the child should not visit. Infectious diseases are often most communicable in the short period before the child actually becomes ill."
c. "It would be up to the patient. Plan not to get overtired with a small child running and bouncing around."
d. "Take the child who is not sick to her own physician and ask this question first."
B
Children, especially those who have been exposed to a contagious disease but are not yet symp-tomatic, are still very contagious, especially to an immunocompromised patient.
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