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A client with an open wound was splashed with contaminated body fluid. The diseases the client is most at risk for developing include:
 
  1. All of the hepatitis diseases.
  2. HIV and only hepatitis C.
  3. Salmonellosis, typhoid, and HIV.
  4. HIV, and hepatitis B, C, and D.

Question 2

The population health nurse is making a graph to show some of the common diseases that are transmitted through sexual contact. The diseases that should be on the graph are:
 
  1. Chlamydia, hepatitis A, and human immunodeficiency virus.
  2. Gonorrhea, hepatitis C, and hepatitis A.
  3. Genital herpes, hepatitis B, and syphilis.
  4. Syphilis, haemophilus influenzae type B, and gonorrhea.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: 4
Explanation: 4. Diseases commonly spread by direct inoculation include HIV and hepatitis B, C, and D. Hepatitis A and E are transmitted by fecaloral/ingestion. Salmonellosis is also spread by fecaloral/ingestion. Typhoid is most often ingested in contaminated food or drink.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 3
Explanation: 3. Diseases spread during sexual intercourse include HIV/AIDS, gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes, and hepatitis B, C, and D. Hepatitis A is transmitted by fecal-oral/ingestion and haemophilus influenzae is transmitted by the airborne mode.



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