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Metfan725

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While conducting a skin assessment the nurse suspects a patient has a communicable disease. Which statement best describes a macule?
 
  A) Redness of the skin produced by congestion of the capillaries
  B) Small, circumscribed, solid elevation of the skin
  C) Discolored skin spot not elevated at the surface
  D) Small elevation of epidermis filled with a viscous fluid

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The nurse is teaching a group of adolescents on clinical manifestations seen in communicable diseases. Which statement best describes pustule?
 
  A) Redness of the skin produced by congestion of the capillaries
  B) Small, circumscribed, solid elevation of the skin
  C) Discolored skin spot not elevated at the surface
  D) Small elevation of epidermis filled with a viscous fluid


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Reply #1 on: Jun 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: C

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D


Metfan725

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Reply 2 on: Jun 28, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Gracias!

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