The nurse is preparing to admit a 7-year-old child with hepatitis B. What clinical features of hepatitis B should the nurse recognize? (Select all that apply.)
a. The onset is rapid.
b. Rash is common.
c. Jaundice is present
d. No carrier state exists.
e. The mode of transmission is principally by the parenteral route.
ANS: B, C, E
Clinical features of hepatitis B include a rash, jaundice, and the mode of transmission principally by the parenteral route. The onset is insidious, not rapid, and a carrier state does exist.
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