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An Occupational Nurse Has a Worker Complaining of Flu-Like Symptoms

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An occupational nurse has a worker complaining of flu-like symptoms. The CDC had recently released an alert regarding a new strain of influenza that has been at epidemic levels in their city. How does the nurse proceed?


A) Send him home to recover.
B) Send him to his primary care provider (PCP) for diagnosis and let the PCP handle reporting the case to the public health department.
C) Notify the PHD and begin epidemiological screening of his coworkers.
D) None of the above.

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