Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 95%
Full-length
Passage / Scenario
A 23-year-old man comes to the AIDS clinic for treatment of large, painful, purplish-brown open areas on his right arm and back.The nurse should instruct the client to
Correct answer
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Rationale
Strategy: All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) correct-open Kaposi's sarcoma lesions should be cleaned and dressed daily to prevent secondary infection (2) not done because of risk of secondary skin infection (3) important to keep the skin clean to prevent secondary skin infection but should be covered due to open areas (4) treatment for herpes simplex virus abscess, not Kaposi's sarcoma