When an 80-year-old patient comes to the emergency department with extreme pain and itching in the hip and leg, and has herpetic vesicular lesions on the left hip, the nurse inquires about the exposure to:
1. herpes simplex type 1.
2. herpes simplex type 2.
3. smallpox.
4. chickenpox.
4
Chickenpox is a virus that lies latent in the neural sheath and can be activated as shingles in older adults.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 1140
OBJ: 7 TOP: Herpes Zoster
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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