Which of the following information about how smoking influences healing does the nurse include when planning a program on wound healing?
a. Smoking suppresses protein synthesis.
b. Smoking creates increased tissue fragility.
c. Smoking depresses bone marrow function.
d. Smoking reduces the amount of functional hemoglobin in the blood.
D
Smoking reduces the amount of functional hemoglobin in the blood, thus decreasing tissue oxy-genation.
Anti-inflammatory medications suppress protein synthesis.
Radiation creates tissue fragility.
Chemotherapeutic drugs can depress bone marrow function.
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1. "You'll have to ask your doctor for permission to do that." 2. "Actually, the original record is the property of the hospital, but you are welcome to copies of your records." 3. "We'll make sure that all of your records are sent ahead to the rehab hospital, so you don't really have to worry about those details." 4. "There's a new law that protects your records, so you're not going to be able to have access to them."