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The nurse is caring for a patient with pneumonia with a new nurse in orientation. Which of the following statements by the new nurse would indicate an understanding of the nature of this condition?
 
  a. An infectious disease like pneumonia may not pose a risk to others.
  b. We need to isolate the patient in a negative pressure room.
  c. The patient will not be able to return home.
  d. Clinical signs and symptoms are not present in pneumonia.
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Infections are infectious or communicable. Infectious diseases may not pose a risk for transmission to others, although they are serious for the patient. Pneumonia is not a communicable diseasea disease that is transmitted directly from one individual to the next; so there is no need for isolation. Clinical signs and symptoms are present in pneumonia and include but are not limited to elevated temperature, shortness of breath, fatigue, and coughing; in addition, the patient may have rhonchi and crackles upon auscultation. Frequently, patients with pneumonia do return home unless there are extenuating circumstances.
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