The nurse accidentally sticks herself with a needle after starting an intravenous (IV) line on a ...

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Rationale 1: Telling the nurse to start on medication will not reduce anxiety.
Rationale 2: If the nurse did contract human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), workers compensation would cover the cost, but this response will not reduce anxiety.
Rationale 3: Asking the nurse if she used protocols is very non-therapeutic at this point and will most likely increase anxiety.
Rationale 4: There have been very few cases of client-to-health care worker transmission; the risk is very small.
Global Rationale: There have been very few cases of client-to-health care worker transmission; the risk is very small. Telling the nurse to start on medication will not reduce anxiety. If the nurse did contract human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), workers compensation would cover the cost, but this response will not reduce anxiety. Asking the nurse if she used protocols is very non-therapeutic at this point and will most likely increase anxiety.