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MSNCB Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam Prep

Category - Medical Surgical

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Following a thyroid scan with radioactive iodine for a thyroid nodule, the nurse should plan for:
  1. No special radiation precautions
  2. Full radiation precautions to be instituted, including segregating the client in a private room
  3. Radiation precautions that are limited to urine and feces
  4. Full radiation precautions to be instituted for 8 hours (the half-life of radioactive iodine)
Explanation
Answer - A - No radiation precautions are necessary after injection of radioactive iodine that will be used for thyroid scan. Choice B pertains to radium implants. Choice C may be employed to when radioactive iodine therapy is utilized to control and reduce hypersecretion by the thyroid (hyperthyroidism). Choice D is not an example of normal radiation therapy policy.
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