You are the nurse caring for a female patient who developed a pressure ulcer as a result of decreased mobility. The nurse on the shift before you has provided patient teaching about pressure ulcers and healing promotion
ou assess that the patient has understood the teaching by observing what?
A) Patient performs range-of-motion exercises.
B) Patient avoids placing her body weight on the healing site.
C) Patient elevates her body parts that are susceptible to edema.
D) Patient demonstrates the technique for massaging the wound site.
Ans: B
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The major goals of pressure ulcer treatment 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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