The nurse provides care for the client with radioactive implants by implementing groups of interventions and maintaining the recommended distance from the client. Which concepts does the nurse use as the basis of these radiation safety principles?
1. Dose and time
2. Time and distance
3. Dose and distance
4. Time and resistance
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2. The nurse groups interventions together efficiently to provide nursing care in the least amount of time to limit the duration of radiation exposure. The nurse uses distance to limit the intensity of radiation exposure because distance and intensity of radiation exposure are inversely related, so the farther away a person is from the radiation source, the lower the intensity of radiation exposure.
1 and 3. The radiation dose, or the prescription, is determined by the provider to deliver a certain amount of rads.
4. Resistance to radiation is impossible, although people block rays with lead-lined garments.
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