The nurse is interviewing a gravid woman during the first prenatal visit. The woman confides to the nurse that she lives with a number of pets
The nurse should advise the woman to be especially careful to refrain from coming in contact with the stool of which of the pets?
a. Cat
b. Dog
c. Hamster
d. Bird
ANS: a
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a. The patient should refrain from coming in direct contact with cat feces. Cats often harbor toxoplasmosis, a teratogenic illness.
b. No pathology has been associated with the feces of pet dogs.
c. No pathology has been associated with the feces of pet hamsters.
d. No pathology has been associated with the feces of pet birds.
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