A nurse working in an acute pediatric inpatient medical ward is admitting a new client, a 7 year-old girl with a community-acquired MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infection. There are no private rooms available on the ward. Which of the following clients would be the best roommate to pair with the new client?

Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu

ID: 137304

Question

A nurse working in an acute pediatric inpatient medical ward is admitting a new client, a 7 year-old girl with a community-acquired MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infection. There are no private rooms available on the ward. Which of the following clients would be the  best  roommate to pair with the new client? 
 
   Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu   
 
 ID: 137304

Accepted Answer

The 8 year-old girl on orthopedic tractioning for a closed fracture of the left femur, who is receiving opioid analgesics

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A 7 year-old boy who has a long history of antibiotic therapy

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The 12 year-old girl with an indwelling catheter, who is receiving vancomycin IV and normal saline through separate IV lines

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A 10 year-old girl who has completed their first round of radiation therapy

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