The nurse is assessing the integumentary status of an older patient. What change should the nurse expect in this patient?
1. a decrease in abdominal fat
2. an increase in perfusion
3. a decrease in vitamin D production
4. an increase in vasomotor response
Correct Answer: 3
In older adults there is an increase in abdominal fat due to the redistribution of adipose tissue. Vitamin D production in the epidermis, as well as vasomotor response and perfusion of the dermis, all decline in older adults.
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