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CCNS Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist

Category - Neonatal

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A patient developed a rubella infection during the fifth month of pregnancy. At the time of the infant’s birth, the nurse would place the newborn in the isolation nursery and observe:
  1. Standard precautions
  2. Enteric precautions
  3. Droplet precautions
  4. Body fluid precautions
Explanation
Answer - C - At the time of the infant’s birth, the nurse would place the newborn in the isolation nursery and observe droplet precautions. The virus is found in the respiratory tract and the urine, so isolation is necessary; rubella is spread by droplets from the respiratory tract.
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