The nurse knows that she needs to provide additional teaching to the client who makes which of the following statements?
1. "I'm so glad to find out that this is only a plantar wart—I was afraid it was something contagious like athlete's foot."
2. "The health care provider will remove this plantar wart by first freezing it."
3. "I had a planter wart in the past that the health care provider removed with acid."
4. "The health care provider may remove my wart by burning it."
ANS: 1
Plantar warts are caused by a papilloma virus and can be spread. Answers 2, 3, and 4 are all methods by which plantar warts can be removed.
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