While conducting a skin assessment the nurse suspects a patient has a communicable disease. Which statement best describes a macule?
A) Redness of the skin produced by congestion of the capillaries
B) Small, circumscribed, solid elevation of the skin
C) Discolored skin spot not elevated at the surface
D) Small elevation of epidermis filled with a viscous fluid
Ans: C
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A) Bronchitis B) Asthma C) Vitamin deficiency D) Amnesia
What should the postoperative assessment of E.B.'s residual limb dressing include?
What will be an ideal response?