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Which mode of transmission should the nurse consider when planning care for a child with acute bacterial meningitis?
Which mode of transmission should the nurse consider when planning care for a child with acute bacterial meningitis?
- Contact transmission
- Vector-borne transmission
- Droplet transmission (correct)
- Airborne transmission
What type of isolation precautions should be maintained for at least 24 hours after the initiation of antibiotics for a child with acute bacterial meningitis?
What type of isolation precautions should be maintained for at least 24 hours after the initiation of antibiotics for a child with acute bacterial meningitis?
- Respiratory isolation precautions (correct)
- Enteric precautions
- Contact precautions
- Neutropenic precautions
Which of the following precautions is NOT required for a child with acute bacterial meningitis after antibiotics have been started?
Which of the following precautions is NOT required for a child with acute bacterial meningitis after antibiotics have been started?
- Maintaining enteric precautions
- Maintaining droplet precautions
- No precautions are required (correct)
- Maintaining respiratory isolation precautions
What precautions are specifically required for a child with neutropenia, which is different from a child with acute bacterial meningitis?
What precautions are specifically required for a child with neutropenia, which is different from a child with acute bacterial meningitis?
Which of the following is NOT a mode of transmission for infectious diseases that the nurse should consider when planning care?
Which of the following is NOT a mode of transmission for infectious diseases that the nurse should consider when planning care?