Staff nurses learn that a seventeen-year-old male patient they have been caring for during the last few days has just been diagnosed with tuberculosis. When the nurses express concern about contracting the disease themselves, the nurse supervisor's response should be based on which statements?

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When the nurses express concern about contracting the disease themselves, the nurse supervisor's response should be based on statement that tuberculosis is not highly infectious when standard precautions are followed. The infectious stage of the disease declines immediately after effective chemotherapy.

Staff Nurses Learn That a Seventeen-Year-Old Male Patient They Have