NCLEX-PN

Category - Safety

A nurse determines that which client should be placed on droplet precautions:
  1. A client complaining of abdominal pain infected with Salmonella typhi
  2. A client with blisters filled with yellow fluid infected with Staphylococcus aureus
  3. A client complaining of rigidity in the neck muscles infected with Neisseria meningitidis
  4. A client with small, fluid-filled blister-like rash infected with Varicella zoster virus
Explanation
Answer: C - A client with bacterial meningitis demonstrates nuchal rigidity and positive Kernig’s and Brudzinski’s signs. N. meningitidis is spread through respiratory droplets. The clients in options A and B should be placed on contact precautions and the client in option D should be placed on airborne precautions.
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