You are the nurse caring for a patient with a pressure ulcer. The nurse on the shift before you has done patient teaching about pressure ulcers and what the patient can do to help heal the pressure ulcer
You assess that the patient has understood the teaching by observing what?
A) Patient performs range-of-motion exercises
B) Patient avoids pressure on the healing site
C) Patient elevates body parts susceptible to edema
D) Patient demonstrates improved level of consciousness
Ans: B
Feedback: The major goals may include relief of pressure, improved mobility, improved sensory perception, improved tissue perfusion, improved nutritional status, minimized friction and shear forces, dry surfaces in contact with skin, and healing of pressure ulcer, if present. The other options do not demonstrate the achievement of the goal of the patient teaching.
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