Multiple Choice
A client is admitted with dysentery caused by Clostridium difficile, or pseudomembranous colitis. To elicit the most helpful information about the cause of the dysentery, the nurse would ask the client
A) "Are you taking any antibiotics?"
B) "Do you ever go barefoot outside your home?"
C) "Does anyone else in your family have bowel problems?"
D) "Have you traveled in any foreign countries lately?"
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