You Are Conducting a Preschool Examination on a 5-Year-Old Child

question 17

Multiple Choice

You are conducting a preschool examination on a 5-year-old child. Which injury would most likely raise your suspicion that the child was being abused?

• A) Recent bruising over both knees
• B) A healed laceration under the chin
• C) A bruise on the right shin with associated abrasion of tissue
• D) Bruises in various stages of resolution over body soft tissues

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Definitions:

Private Duty Nurses

Nurses who are hired directly by patients or their families to provide individualized care usually at the patient's home.

Embedded

Placed or fixed deeply and firmly within a surrounding mass.

Matrix

(1) In cell biology, the interior of the compartment enclosed by the inner mitochondrial membrane. (2) In zoology, nonliving material secreted by and surrounding connective tissue cells; contains a network of microscopic fibers.

Fibers

Stringy structures in plants that give strength and support; also refers to dietary material containing substances such as cellulose.