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A nurse is caring for a client with a radioactive cervical implant. The client's spouse asks to help with a bed bath.
How should the nurse respond?
- Allow the spouse to help as long as they wear a lead apron and a film badge during the bath, based on the current findings.
- The spouse may help with the bath once every 12 hours to spread out the radiation dose.
- Encourage the spouse to help, as it will reduce the time the nurse needs to spend in the room, as the next nursing response.
- Explain that for the spouse's safety, they must maintain a 6-foot distance and limit the total visit to 30 minutes per day.
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