HESI: HIV and Tuberculosis and Rationale| 100% Correct solutions| MOST RECENT !

HESI: HIV and Tuberculosis and Rationale| 100% Correct solutions| MOST RECENT ! 1. The nurse admits client to a private room at the end of the hall. According to hospital protocol, the nurse puts on a mask before starting the admission process. Client tells the nurse that their significant other is downstairs and that they would like for them to stay in the room with them. How should the nurse respond? "They may stay, but they need to wear a mask." (Client's significant other may stay in the room, but they should wear a mask to help decrease the possibility of contracting the TB organism.) 2. Client's significant other arrives. Client wants to know why a mask is necessary for people entering their room. What teaching should the nurse implement? Explain that the tuberculosis (TB) organism is most often spread through the air. (When an infected person coughs or sneezes, they produce infectious droplets that can be breathed in by another person. This answer provides client with the scientific rationale for wearing a mask.) 3. The unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) asks why client could not be in an empty semi-private room closer to the nurse's station so the staff would not have to walk so far to provide care. What information should the nurse provide to the UAP on infection control practices?