A nurse is required to care for a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive client
What nursing care measure should be employed when caring for the client?
A) Take suitable precautions to protect the client from nosocomial infections
B) Discuss the client's health condition with the client's relatives
C) Put the client's infectious wastes in a closed bag and dispose of in sanitary landfill
D) Break the needles off the syringes manually before disposing of them
A
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The nurse in the walk-in clinic assesses a small piece of rock embedded in the right eye of a man who was breaking up rocks with a sledge hammer. The most appropriate action by the nurse would be to:
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The nurse is discussing human growth and development with the parents of a newborn. What should the nurse include in this discussion?
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