An administrative assistant of a large factory visits the medical unit in the factory and tells the nurse she is having pain in the right wrist, with numbness in the index finger and decreased mobility of the right hand. The nurse suspects the client has
A) A fracture of the hand
B) Carpal tunnel syndrome
C) A herniated cervical disc
D) An infection in the bone
Ans: B
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