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    HESI RN Exit VI 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

    A. Scarlet fever and pneumonia do not require airborne precautions; they are primarily spread through respiratory droplets.B. Scabies is a skin infestation that requires contact precautions, not airborne precautions.C. Herpes simplex II lesions require contact precautions and are not airborne.D. A positive Mantoux test and sputum cultures positive for acid-fast bacillus indicate tuberculosis, which requires airborne precautions, including a negative airflow room and the use of a particulate respirator mask.

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