The nurse caring for a patient with hepatitis B should initiate the precaution of:
1. reverse isolation.
2. standard precautions.
3. respiratory precautions.
4. enteric precautions.
2
Standard precautions protect the nurse from organisms that may be in all body fluids.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: 808
OBJ: 5 TOP: Hepatitis B KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Safe, Effective Care Environment
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