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dmcintosh

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A group of nursing students are reviewing the six links in the chain of infection and the nursing implications for each.
 
  The students demonstrate understanding of the information when they identify which precaution as helping to break the chain of infection to the susceptible host? A) Keeping linens dry and clean
  B) Maintaining skin integrity
  C) Washing hands frequently
  D) Coughing into a handkerchief

Question 2

The nurse is performing a physical examination of an 8-year-old girl who was bitten by her kitten. Which of the following assessments would lead the nurse to suspect cat-scratch disease?
 
  A) Swollen lymph nodes
  B) Strawberry tongue
  C) Infected tonsils
  D) Swollen neck


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Ashley I

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
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Maintaining the integrity of the child's skin and mucous membranes is a precaution that will break the chain of infection at the susceptible host. Keeping linens dry and clean is a precaution to take at the reservoir link. Washing hands frequently breaks the chain at the mode of transmission. Coughing into a handkerchief is a precaution for the portal of exit.

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Lymph nodes, especially under the arms, can become painful and swollen due to cat-scratch disease. Strawberry tongue is typical of scarlet fever. Infected tonsils and an edematous neck are symptoms of diphtheria.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Gracias!

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