Professional nursing practice (clinical transition) · practice question

A senior nursing student during a supervised medication pass is being evaluated for transition-to-practice skills and sbar handoff. Assessment data include simulation data show worsening respiratory distress after the first intervention. Which infection-prevention action is essential?

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Wear gloves only and skip hand hygiene when leaving the room.Skip precautions if the client has no fever.Perform hand hygiene and apply the transmission-based precautions indicated by the client's diagnosis.Use sterile technique for all routine hygiene regardless of diagnosis.

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C. Perform hand hygiene and apply the transmission-based precautions indicated by the client's diagnosis.

Why

Infection control matches the pathogen route: hand hygiene plus appropriate precautions for contact, droplet, or airborne transmission.

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A senior nursing student during a supervised medication pass is being evaluated for transition-to-practice skills and sbar handoff. Assessment data include simulation data show worsening respiratory distress after the first intervention. Which infection-prevention action is essential?

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