The licensed practical/vocational nurse (LP/VN) is caring for another nurse's clients while he is on break
One of the client rooms has a radioactive material sign on the door and precautions listed for brachytherapy (radioactive seeds placed in the clients prostate). The nurse should intervene when who attempts to enter the client's room?
A) The nursing assistant (NA) who is pregnant is taking an adult incontinence brief and supplies to perform perineal care.
B) The male unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is bringing the client's lunch.
C) The client's wife, age 62, and son, age 40 want to visit.
D) The housekeeper is preparing to clean the client's room using standard precautions.
Ans: A
Feedback:
The nurse needs to intervene with the pregnant NA who is planning to perform perineal care because the potential risk of exposing the unborn fetus to radiation. Precautions are posted on the door, including pregnant women remain 3 feet away and children cannot sit on lap for more than 5 minutes per day. Radiation dose is minimal and poses no threat to male visitors, or male health care workers. The client's wife is clearly postmenopausal, so she is not at risk.
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