The nurse learns the patient's blood drawn on admission was positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

Notify the patient's physician to discuss the results. The best course of action is for the physician and the patient to discuss the HIV diagnosis. HIV is not a reportable diagnosis to the CDC. Local health departments may require laboratories to report HIV, but this is not normally the nurse's responsibility. Patients with HIV and AIDS should be treated with universal precautions, but not precautions in excess of this. Placing the patient on contact precautions is inappropriate. Likewise, using more than one pair of gloves when working with the patient's biohazardous materials is also inappropriate.

The nurse learns the patient's blood drawn on admission was p...

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