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CRNE Canadian Registered Nurse

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The mother of a child diagnosed with chicken pox asks the nurse when it is allowable to send her son back to school. The nurse bases the response on which of the following?
  1. The communicable period of chicken pox is not known.
  2. The child is infectious from two weeks after the rash disappears.
  3. The communicable period is one to two days before the appearance of the rash, and until six days after the appearance of the vesicles.
  4. The child is infectious ten days before the onset of the rash, to fifteen days after the appearance of the vesicles.
Explanation
Answer: C - The communicable period for chicken pox is one to two days before the onset of the rash until the crusts have formed, which is around six days after the first crop of vesicles. The other options are inaccurate.
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