After several days of antibiotic therapy, an older hospitalized patient develops watery diarrhea. Which action should the nurse take first?
a. Notify the health care provider.
b. Obtain a stool specimen for analysis.
c. Teach the patient about handwashing.
d. Place the patient on contact precautions.
d. Place the patient on contact precautions.
The patient's history and new onset diarrhea suggest a C. difficile infection, which requires implementation of contact precautions to prevent spread of the infection to other patients. The other actions are also appropriate but can be accomplished after contact precautions are implemented.
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