A nurse notices several reddish purple, nonblanchable spots of different sizes on the arms and legs of a patient with a low platelet count. How does the nurse distinguish ecchymosis from purpura?
a. Ecchymosis is variable in size and a purpura is greater than 0.5 cm in diameter.
b. Ecchymosis does not blanch and purpura does blanch.
c. Ecchymosis has raised lesions and purpura has flat lesions.
d. Ecchymosis is irregularly shaped and purpura is round.
ANS: A
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In qualitative research, confirmability refers to rigorous efforts by the researcher to
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