Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB)

  While providing interventions to a patient, you will be exposed to the infectious respiratory disorder. Choose one of the respiratory disorders selected by a classmate and explain how you would provide compassionate and emphatic care to the patient while also taking the necessary precautions to protect yourself. Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) Tuberculosis is an acute or chronic infection caused by the organism mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide. Tuberculosis is an airborne disease. Patients with active TB can transmit the disease by coughing, sneezing, or whistling. Droplets are spread into the air and have the potential to infect others. Risk Factors for TB • Contact with someone with TB • Drug and alcohol abuse • Immunosuppression • Multiple sex partners • Co-habiting in a shelter • Homeless