As a nurse, you have to teach your patients about control and management of their diseases as well as the facts of the disease--risk, treatment, symptoms, etc. How might you instruct a patient who has West Nile virus to avoid the infectious agent in the future?
A. Be sure to treat your dogs and cats with flea medication.
B. Do not eat food served from kiosks and food trucks in foreign countries.
C. Do not go outside at dusk or dawn, and cover the skin if this is unavoidable.
D. Get an annual vaccination if you live in an area where the virus is known to circulate.
E. Always drink bottled water when outside of the U.S.
Answer: C
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