42 Chapter 7 A and Intoction Control CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES 41. The nurse is caring for several patients. The patients

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42 Chapter 7 A and Intoction Control CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES 41. The nurse is caring for several patients. The patients include a rail 87-year old woman with a hip frac ture: a 78 year old woman with advanced Alzheimer’s who is being treated for dehydration secondary to incontinence of watery diarrhea, and a 60 year old man who sustained a small perforation during a routine colonoscopy, which was recommended as part of his annual physical examination Explain conditions that promote the onset of Hals for these patients. 124, 125) b. What measures can be used to prevent HALS? (2. 125) cAlthough the health care provider has not currently ordered isolation precautions for any of these patients, the nurse should consider initiating isolation precautions for which patient Identify the type of isolation that the nurse would choose and give the rationale that supports the decision. (124 125)
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