There are some cultural factors that can influence healthcare workers’ acceptance of violence in the workplace. these include an unwillingness to stigmatize perpetrators due to illness or impairment, that violence is just part of the job, and a lack of time to report or overly complex reporting procedures. what’s another factor?

a.
fear that reporting will reflect poorly on the healthcare worker

b.
fear of patient retaliation

c.
reporting is against the code of ethics

d.
reporting is against hospital policy

A48-year-old male presents with an 8-day history of productive cough, subjective fevers, and malaise. he is otherwise healthy without any active medical problems. he is a social drinker of alcohol, and denies any tobacco or drug use. on physical examination, the patient is alert and oriented. his temperature is 100.4 0 f, pulse rate is 56, respiratory rate is 18, and blood pressure is 133/64. heent is within normal limits and a chest exam has diffuse expiratory wheeze with decreased sounds to the right lower lung fields. blood labs reveal wbc 14.4, hgb 11.3, plt 233, alt 65, ast 102, and po 4 2.1. a chest x-ray reveals a dense consolidation with bulging fissures. based on these findings, what is the most likely pathogen affecting this patient?