Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Questions

question 92

Multiple Choice

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the questions that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
A 36-year-old female is bit by a raccoon and presents to the emergency department with mild trauma to her right lower extremity. Following a triage assessment, the patient’s wound is dressed. The physician verbalizes concern that the patient may have been exposed to rabies from the bite. As the RN, you provide education to the patient regarding rabies infection and its transmission.
-If the patient develops rabies infection,you know that it must be reported to local and state public health officials.Which of the following is also a reportable disease in the United States?

• A)pinworm infection
• B)fifth disease
• C)EBV infection
• D)cholera

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