A nurse is caring for a ten-year-old patient with suspected acute bacterial meningitis. Based on the infection's mode of transmission, the nurse should include which plan of care?

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Based on the infection's mode of transmission, the nurse should include maintaining respiratory precaution for twenty-four hours after the initiation of antibiotics in the plan of care. A major priority of nursing care for a child suspected of having meningitis is to administer the prescribed antibiotic as soon as it is ordered. The child is also placed on respiratory isolation for at least twenty-four hours while culture results are obtained and the antibiotic is having an effect.

A Nurse Is Caring for a Ten-Year-Old Patient with Suspected