The school nurse gets a call from a caregiver who is planning to send her child to summer camp, but recently heard there was a case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever at the camp the previous year
The mother asks, "What causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever?" The best answer by the nurse would be: a. the bite of an infected tick, which is carried by dogs and wild rodents
b. a bite from an infected species of Mexican free-tail bats
c. contact with bodily fluids of a child who has the disease
d. airborne droplets spread by coughing or sneezing
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A Correct. Answering a mother's question, "What causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever?", the best answer by the nurse would be the bite of an infected tick, which is carried by dogs and wild rodents.
B Incorrect. Answering a mother's question, "What causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever?", the best answer by the nurse would not be a bite from an infected species of Mexican free-tail bats.
C Incorrect. Answering a mother's question, "What causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever?", the best answer by the nurse would not be contact with bodily fluids of a child who has the disease.
D Incorrect. Answering a mother's question, "What causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever?", the best answer by the nurse would not be airborne droplets spread by coughing or sneezing.
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