The school nurse is informed that a child with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)infection will be attending school soon.What is an important nursing intervention to include in the plan of care?
A) Carefully follow universal precautions.
B) Inform the parents of the other children.
C) Determine how the child became infected.
D) Reassure other children that they will not become infected.

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Universal precautions are necessary to prevent further transmission of the disease.Informing the parents of the other children would violate the child's right to privacy.It is not within the role of the school nurse to determine how the child became infected.Reassuring other children that they will not become infected violates the child's privacy.General health classes can discuss prevention of HIV transmission.

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