The nursing instructor is quizzing one of her students who is caring for a diabetic in the clinical area. The instructor asks the student what is a contributing cause of ulcers to the foot in the diabetic patient. What should the student answer?
A) Insensitive feet
B) Arterial insufficiency
C) Gout
D) Smoking
Ans: A
Feedback: Patients with an insensitive foot do not feel injuries, which may be thermal (eg, from using heating pads, walking barefoot on hot concrete, testing bath water with the foot), chemical (eg, burning the foot while using caustic agents on calluses, corns, or bunions), or traumatic (eg, injuring skin while cutting nails, walking with an undetected foreign object in the shoe, or wearing ill-fitting shoes and socks). Arterial insufficiency, gout and smoking are not considered contributing causes of foot ulcers in the diabetic patient.
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