Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 64%
Simulated
Passage / Scenario
A 76-year-old patient following bowel resection surgeryThe nursing intervention most likely to decrease the chance of health care-associated infections (HAIs) for a 76-year-old patient following bowel resection surgery would be to have the patient:
Correct answer
B
Rationale
Turning, coughing, and deep breathing every 2 hours prevents pneumonia, a common HAI, by clearing lung secretions.