A student comes to the college health clinic with typical cold symptoms of fever, sneezing, and coughing, but the nurse also notes small white spots on the inside of the student's cheeks
Which of the following actions should be taken by the college health nurse?
a. Inform all students, staff, and faculty of a possible rubella epidemic
b. Inform all students, staff, and faculty of a possible measles epidemic
c. Reassure the student that it is just a bad cold and will soon pass
d. Tell the student to take two acetaminophen and drink lots of fluids
ANS: B
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