Psychiatric / mental health nursing · practice question
A 31-year-old client on an inpatient psychiatric unit is being evaluated for agitation on an inpatient psychiatric unit. Assessment data include the client reports hearing voices telling them to hurt themselves. Which infection-prevention action is essential?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer
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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