The patient reports to the nurse that the physician has ordered a Wood light examination. The nurse correctly recognizes the physician is concerned that the patient may have which condition?
a. Tinea corpus
b. Scabies
c. Herpes simplex
d. Dermatitis
A
The Wood light is a specially designed ultraviolet (UV) light source. It is helpful in the diagnosis of fungal infections such as tinea corpus.
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Which of the following is true of gluconeogenesis?
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