Review of a patient's medical record reveals the presence of a rash consisting of discrete arciform lesions
The nurse would anticipate that the patient's rash has which characteristics? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. The rash is localized.
2. The rash consists of individual lesions.
3. The rash forms a line across the body.
4. The individual lesions are arc-shaped.
5. The lesions arch across the body.
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Rationale 1: There is not enough information to determine if this rash is localized or generalized.
Rationale 2: Discrete lesions are individual, as opposed to congruent lesions, which run together.
Rationale 3: The term that describes a rash that forms a line across the body is "linear.".
Rationale 4: Arciform does not refer to the shape of individual lesions.
Rationale 5: Arciform refers to the grouping of the lesions in an arc-shaped configuration.
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