While cleaning up an incontinent client who has a history of HIV/AIDS, the nursing assistant notices blood in the watery stool. The most appropriate intervention would be to:

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Bleeding from any bodily opening and diarrhea must be reported to the nurse. These are signs that the HIV/AIDS may be getting more severe and other medications may be prescribed at this time. One needs a physician order to send a specimen to lab. This is not within the nursing assistant's scope of practice. Moving on without reporting to the nurse is inappropriate. Of course, HIV/AIDS clients may develop GI "bugs" like any person; however, their weakened immune systems make these bugs much more severe.

While Cleaning Up an Incontinent Client Who Has a History