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krzymel · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

Discharge information to the parents of a child who had surgery to place a stent for the treatment of hypospadias should include:

a. Remove the pressure dressing
b. Gently scrub the suture line with mild soap
c. Increase fluid for the next few days
d. Measure output

Question 2

A 6-year-old boy with Varicella-zoster (chickenpox) and a visible rash is being admitted to the hospital for treatment of dehydration. Which of the following isolation precautions needs to be taken?

1. Contact
2. Airborne
3. Contact and droplet
4. Contact and airborne

adammoses97 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Increasing fluid will decrease the risk of infection. The dressing is only removed by the physician, and the suture line should not be scrubbed. Measurement of urine is not necessary.

Answer to Question 2

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1. Transmission of the Varicella-zoster virus is from contact with fluid from vesicles of an infected person, secretions from the nose, mouth and eyes, and airborne from coughing and sneezing.
2. Transmission of the Varicella-zoster virus is from contact with fluid from vesicles of an infected person, secretions from the nose, mouth and eyes, and airborne from coughing and sneezing.
3. The transmission does not occur with droplets.
4. Transmission of the Varicella-zoster virus is from contact with fluid from vesicles of an infected person, secretions from the nose, mouth and eyes, and airborne from coughing and sneezing.