Nursing · Infection Control and Hospital Acquired Infections
A nurse is caring for a patient on mechanical ventilation (SIMV mode). The nurse understands that this patient is at high risk of developing which specific hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infection?
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- 1Central line-associated bloodstream infection
- 2Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)✓
- 3Acute upper respiratory tract viral infection
- 4Community-acquired pneumonia
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
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