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A 71-year-old client in a long-term care facility is being evaluated for nursing care related to normal flora and opportunistic infection. Assessment data include wound culture grows MRSA with spreading erythema. Which finding requires the nurse to intervene immediately?

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A stable, long-standing finding that matches the expected care plan.Routine data unchanged from the prior assessment.A comfort request with unchanged vital signs and no new symptoms.The new finding that wound culture grows MRSA with spreading erythema.

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D. The new finding that wound culture grows MRSA with spreading erythema.

Why

Follow-up items test whether the nurse recognizes cues that are new, acute, or inconsistent with stability and need prompt nursing action.

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A 71-year-old client in a long-term care facility is being evaluated for nursing care related to normal flora and opportunistic infection. Assessment data include wound culture grows MRSA with spreading erythema. Which finding requires the nurse to intervene immediately?

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