CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Pediatrics

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During a community visit, a mother asks the nurse on how to relieve the itch in a child with chicken pox. The nurse should suggest:

have the child wear mittens
pat the lesions with calamine lotion
use wet to dry saline dressing on the lesion
rub bacitracin ointment on the lesion

Explanation

Answer: B - The lesions will not be disturbed if you pat them. Also, calamine lotion is an effective drying agent.

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