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    HESI Compass exit proctored exam

    The nurse is working on an infectious disease unit. Which client should be assigned to a room with negative airflow, while requiring personnel to use a particulate respirator mask, and requiring staff to observe airborne, as well as standard precautions?

    Explanation & Rationale

    Choice A reason: Scarlet fever and pneumonia require droplet precautions, not airborne.Choice B reason: A positive Mantoux test and positive sputum cultures for AFB indicate tuberculosis, which requires airborne precautions and a negative airflow room.Choice C reason: Scabies requires contact precautions, not airborne.Choice D reason: Genital Herpes simplex II requires standard precautions, not airborne.

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