A nurse recognizes that for a skin graft to be viable, which of the following conditions must be met?
A) The recipient's environment must be kept cool..
B) The graft must have air space above its bed.
C) The patient should exercise the grafted area daily.
D) The graft area must be free of infection.
Ans: D
Feedback: For a graft to survive, the recipient site must be free of infection and must have an adequate blood supply so that normal physiologic function can resume. The graft must be in close contact with its bed. The affected site must be kept immobile.
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