Section: NCLEX

10) A 68-year-old woman diagnosed with thrombocytopenia due to acute lymphocytic leukemia is admitted to the hospital. The nurse should assign the patient

1. to a private room so she will not infect other patients and health care workers.
2. to private room so she will not be infected by other patients and health care workers.
3. to a semiprivate room so she will have stimulation during her hospitalization.
4. to a semiprivate room so she will have the opportunity to express her feelings about her illness.