A Patient Diagnosed with Psoriasis Is Being Treated with Topical

question 16

Multiple Choice

A patient diagnosed with psoriasis is being treated with topical corticosteroids. How should the nurse instruct the patient to apply the medication?

• A) Apply the medication in a thin layer.
• B) Avoid rubbing the medication into the skin.
• C) Dry the skin thoroughly before applying the medication.
• D) Continue the medication even if lesions worsen, because it is only a temporary reaction.

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Definitions:

Disjuncts

In logic and grammar, parts of a disjunctive proposition that express alternatives, where the truth of any one implies the falsehood of the other(s).

Conjuncts

Components of a compound statement formed by the word "and" indicating all elements must be true.

Disjunction

A logical operation that results in true if at least one of the operands is true.

Conditional

A statement or proposition that asserts that one thing is true if another thing is true, typically formulated as "If P, then Q."