A client with an active tuberculosis infection is responding well clinically and adhering to their medication regime. The client is to be discharged home. The client's wife expresses concern regarding transmitting the infection to their children. What is the most appropriate nursing response to this concern?

Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu

ID: 137304

Question

A client with an active tuberculosis infection is responding well clinically and adhering to their medication regime. The client is to be discharged home. The client's wife expresses concern regarding transmitting the infection to their children. What is the  most  appropriate nursing response to this concern? 
 
   Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu   
 
 ID: 137304

Accepted Answer

Reassure the wife that the client can be discharged home if the children have already been exposed to the tuberculosis bacteria

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Explore the client's wife's feelings about their husband being discharged home with an active tuberculosis infection

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Encourage the wife to report the client if they stop taking their medications at home

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Assure the wife that the children can be started on prophylactic medication therapy for tuberculosis

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