The registered nurse is caring for a 48-year-old patient with a surgical wound infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) requiring q6h intravenous antibiotic infusions and dressing changes twice per shift. The patient with which diagnosis is most appropriate to be added to this nurse’s assignment?
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