The School Nurse Is Speaking to a Group of Children

question 29

Multiple Choice

The school nurse is speaking to a group of children in middle school about preventing infection. How can the nurse best explain why it is so important for the children to keep from injuring their skin? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Standard Text: Select all that apply.

• A) "Your skin cells are packed together tightly to keep germs out. If you disrupt that barrier, germs can get into your body."
• B) "The sweat on your skin discourages germ growth. You don't want to damage the cells that produce sweat."
• C) "You shed skin cells all the time, along with the germs on the skin."
• D) "If you damage the skin's outer layer, it will never grow back as strong."
• E) "The deep layers of your skin have special cells that eat germs."

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