The nurse assesses that the patient who has acquired a nosocomial infection is most likely the patient with:
1. an abdominal abscess following a ruptured appendix.
2. lice and nits that have come from the Emergency Department.
3. a urinary infection after the insertion of a Foley catheter.
4. a 2-day postoperative hip replacement foot fungus.
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Iatrogenic or nosocomial infections are those acquired during the hospital stay. Urinary catheters are frequently the source of such infections. Abscesses frequently follow a rup-tured appendix; lice and athlete's foot are long-term conditions not caused by hospital in-terventions.
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