Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 81%
Simulated
The client is diagnosed with salmonellosis secondary to eating some slightly cooked hamburger meat. Which clinical manifestations should the nurse expect the client to report?
Correct answer
A
Rationale
Salmonellosis typically causes abdominal cramping, nausea, and vomiting due to bacterial irritation of the GI tract. Paralysis is botulism, bloody diarrhea is more typical of other pathogens, and rice water stool is cholera.