A client is being admitted with a nursing home-acquired pneumonia. The unit has four empty beds in semiprivate rooms. The room that would be most suitable for this client is the one with a:
a) 60-year-old client admitted for investigation of transient ischemic attacks.
b) 24-year-old client with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
c) 55-year-old client with alcoholic cirrhosis.
d) 45-year-old client with an abdominal hysterectomy
Ans: a) 60-year-old client admitted for investigation of transient ischemic attacks.
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