A nurse technician is showing symptoms of latex sensitivity during the weekend shift. The nurse in charge should:
1. Send the nurse technician to a department that does not use latex products.
2. Contact the employee health department in the facility and obtain latex-free products for the nurse technician.
3. Wait until Monday to report the problem to the supervisor of the unit.
4. Assign the nurse technician non–patient care duties.
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Rationale:
1. This is not a realistic option; the nurse technician might experience exposure on another unit. (No hospital unit can be latex-free.)
2. When symptoms of sensitivity to latex occur on exposure, the Employee Health Department of the facility should be contacted, and latex-free products should be supplied.
3. This is not a realistic option; waiting until Monday does not solve the problem
4. This is not a realistic option; assigning the nurse technician nonpatient duties might not be possible.
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