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NCLEX-RN

Category - Safety

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A nurse is giving instructions to a mother of a child with mumps about droplet precautions. Which of the following statements, if made by the mother, indicates that the mother understands the instructions?
  1. “Droplet precautions are necessary before the swelling begins.”
  2. “Droplet precautions are necessary after the swelling begins.”
  3. “Droplet precautions are necessary before and after the swelling begins.”
  4. “Droplet precautions are not necessary.”
Explanation
Answer: C - Droplet precautions should be implemented during the communicable period, which is before and after the swelling begins. Mumps is transmitted through direct contact and droplet spread.
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