The nurse is conducting a class for seniors about various skin infections. The nurse determines that learning has occurred when a client states:
1. "A wart is a small, fluid-filled rash."
2. "Herpes zoster is not painful"
3. "Herpes zoster is cured with antibiotics."
4. "Warts disappear on their own over time."
Answer: 4
1. A wart is usually round, raised, and rough, with a gray surface.
2. Herpes zoster is very painful.
3. Herpes zoster is a virus, and will not respond to antibiotics.
4. Warts are also a virus that can respond to several therapies, but will also disappear when the body develops immunity to the virus.
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