PN Safety and Infection Control

NCLEX-PN

PN Safety and Infection Control

Difficulty: Medium Average Score: 95% Simulated

A client with pneumococcal pneumonia was started on antibiotics 16 hours ago. During the nurse's initial evening rounds the nurse notices a foul taste and smell to the client's sputum. Which one would alert the nurse to a complication?

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