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Average Score: 88%
Simulated
The elderly client is admitted from the long-term care facility diagnosed with congestive heart failure. The client complains of severe itching on both hands and the nurse notes wavy, brown, threadlike lesions between the clientÔÇÖs fingers. Which comorbid condition would the nurse suspect the client of having based on these assessment data?
Correct answer
C
Rationale
Itching and threadlike burrows between fingers indicate scabies. Tinea capitis affects the scalp, HSV-2 is genital, and psoriasis causes plaques.