The nurse explains that the inflammatory process has four distinct stages, which are (select all that apply):
1. dolor.
2. rubor.
3. tumor.
4. calor.
5. rumor.
1, 2, 3, 4
The four processes are rubor (red), tumor (swelling), calor (heat), and dolor (pain).
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A) "Our school requires we take it before we can graduate." B) "We do it so we know more than your generation did." C) "I think it explains how we should collaborate with others." D) "It helps explain how nursing is different from medicine."