Identify factors that impinge on wound healing
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
Smoking
Obesity
Age
Medical condition such as diabetes
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Patients have expectations regarding the health care services they receive. To protect these expectations, which of the following has become law?
a. American Hospital Association's Patient's Bill of Rights b. Self-determination act c. American Hospital Association's Standards of Care d. The Joint Commission's rights and responsibilities of patients
The nursing instructor is teaching her clinical group about emphysema. The instructor explains that when caring for a patient with emphysema, you would include what teaching as priority in the plan of care?
A) Ineffective coping B) Self-care deficit C) Activity intolerance D) Setting and accepting realistic short-term and long-range goals
A nurse is teaching a community group about bone health. Which of the following does the nurse recommend? (Select all that apply.)
a. Engage in regular weight-bearing exercise. b. Get plenty of calcium and vitamin D in the diet. c. If diagnosed with osteoporosis, take medications as prescribed. d. Stop, or do not start, smoking. e. Swim or cycle to get aerobic activity without stressing joints.
The nurse is describing the phases of treatment to a child who was diagnosed with leukemia and his parents. The nurse explains the induction stage as which of the following?
A) Intense therapy to strengthen remission B) Rapid promotion of complete remission C) Elimination of all residual leukemic cells D) Reduction of risk for central nervous system (CNS) disease