When working with clients, the nurse is aware that the time between the entry of an infectious agent into the client and the onset of symptoms is:
a. convalescence period c. incubation period
b. illness d. prodromal period
C
Both localized and systemic infections progress through four stages: incubation, prodromal, illness, and convalescent. In the incubation stage, the infectious agent invades body tissue and begins to multiply, producing infection; the person is usually infectious to others during the latter part of this stage.
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A. Alcohol B. Opium C. Cocaine D. Aspirin E. Sugar
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