A Patient Was Given a Patch Test to Determine What

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Multiple Choice

A patient was given a patch test to determine what allergen was responsible for their atopic dermatitis.The provider prescribes a steroid cream.What important instructions should the nurse give to the patient?

• A) Apply the cream generously to affected areas.
• B) Apply a thin coat to affected areas.
• C) Apply a thin coat to affected areas; avoid the face and groin.
• D) Apply an antihistamine along with applying a thin coat of steroid to affected areas.

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Definitions:

Normal

A term often used to describe data following a bell-shaped, symmetrical distribution around a central value, with predictable patterns as far as spread and outliers.

Bootstrap Distribution

A technique in statistics for estimating the distribution of a statistic by resampling with replacement from the original sample.

Normal

In statistics, this describes a distribution that is symmetric around the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Resamples

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