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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
book Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher cover

Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
Exercise 21
A nurse caring for a disheveled patient with poor hygiene observes that the patient has small red lesions flush with the skin on the head and body.The patient complains of severe itching at the sites.For what should the nurse further assess the patient?
A) Nits on the shafts of his head hair
B) A history of sexually transmitted diseases
C) The presence of ticks attached to the scalp
D) The presence of burrows in the interdigital webs
Explanation
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A. Pediculosis (head lice and body lice)...

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