The nurse is providing education about the importance of proper foot care to a patient who has diabetes mellitus. The nurses understands that this is important for the patient because
a. Plantar warts can develop from foot fungi.
b. Poor foot care leads to neuropathy.
c. A strong dorsalis pedis pulse indicates poor blood flow.
d. Foot ulcers are the most common precursor to amputation.
ANS: D
Foot ulceration is the most common single precursor to lower extremity amputations among persons with diabetes. Plantar warts are due to the papillomavirus, not to a fungus. Palpation of the dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses indicates that adequate blood flow is reaching peripheral tissues. Neuropathy is a degeneration of the peripheral nerves usually due to poor control of blood glucose levels; it is not a direct result of poor foot care.
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