The Nurse Is Interviewing a Patient with Contact Dermatitis

question 7

Multiple Choice

The nurse is interviewing a patient with contact dermatitis.Which finding indicates a need for patient teaching?

• A) The patient applies corticosteroid cream to pruritic areas.
• B) The patient uses Neosporin ointment on minor cuts or abrasions.
• C) The patient adds oilated oatmeal (Aveeno) to the bath water every day.
• D) The patient takes diphenhydramine (Benadryl) at night if itching occurs.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A spread of values, emerging from the statistical study of a sample, which has a likelihood of including the value of a non-disclosed population parameter.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a dataset, found by adding all the numbers in the set and dividing by the count of numbers.

Standard Error

A statistical measure that describes the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population using the standard deviation.

Mean

The mean of a series of numbers, determined by dividing their total sum by the quantity of numbers in the series.