An experienced nurse instructs a new nurse about how to care for a patient with dyspnea caused by a pulmonary fungal infection. Which action by the new nurse indicates a need for further teaching?
a. Listening to the patient's lung sounds several times during the shift
b. Placing the patient on droplet precautions and in a private hospital room
c. Increasing the oxygen flow rate to keep the oxygen saturation above 90%
d. Monitoring patient serology results to identify the specific infecting organism
ANS: B
Fungal infections are not transmitted from person to person. Therefore no isolation procedures are necessary. The other actions by the new nurse are appropriate.
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