The nurse is assessing the skin of an older adult patient and notes skin tags. Which term will the nurse use when documenting this finding in the medical record?
1) Lentigines
2) Ichthyosis
3) Acrochordons
4) Varicosities
ANS: 3
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A patient with a longstanding diagnosis of type 1 diabetes has a history of poor glycemic control
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Your client is scheduled for surgical repair of a bleeding gastric ulcer in the morning. You would be prepared to treat which of the following as the most common surgical risk?
1. gastrointestinal upset 2. hypothermia 3. potential vitamin C deficiency 4. wound infection
A client can be arouse only with extreme or repeated stimuli. How should the nurse document this client's behavior?
1. Somnolent 2. Disoriented 3. Comatose 4. Semicomatose