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Title: A nurse is providing education for a client who is living in an area of the world where malaria is ... Post by: lynch1234 on Feb 3, 2018 A nurse is providing education for a client who is living in an area of the world where malaria is endemic. Which of the following interventions would be appropriate to include?
a. Receive a dose of intravenous (IV) qui-nine b. Avoid direct contact with individuals who have malaria c. Use insecticide-treated bed nets d. Apply dichlorodiphenyltrichloroetha ne (DDT) spray Title: A nurse is providing education for a client who is living in an area of the world where malaria is ... Post by: hsprouse on Feb 3, 2018 ANS: C
An effective antimalarial intervention is the use of insecticide-treated bed nets. Malaria is con-tracted by being bit by an infected mosquito; it cannot be passed by direct person-to-person con-tact. IV quinine is the drug of choice for treating malaria, not preventing it. Some mosquitoes are resistant to DDT, so this may not be effective. Title: A nurse is providing education for a client who is living in an area of the world where malaria is ... Post by: lynch1234 on Feb 3, 2018 :thinking: hmm OK, ty
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