The nurse is collecting data on a child recently diagnosed with glomerulonephritis. Which of the following questions to the mother would elicit data associated with the cause of this disease?
1. "Has your child had any diarrhea?"
2. "Have you noticed any rashes on your child?"
3. "Did your child recently complain of a sore throat?"
4. "Did your child sustain any injuries to the kidney area?"
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Rationale: Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection is a cause of glomerulonephritis. Of-ten, the child becomes ill with streptococcal infection of the upper respiratory tract and then de-velops symptoms of acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis after an interval of 1 to 2 weeks. The questions to the mother in "Has your child had any diarrhea?" "Have you noticed any rashes on your child?" and "Did your child sustain any injuries to the kidney area?" are unrelated to a diagnosis of glomerulonephritis.
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