Why might skin integrity and wound healing be compromised in the client who takes blood pressure medications? Antihypertensives:
a. Can cause cellular toxicity
b. Increase the risk of ischemia
c. Delay wound healing
d. Predispose to hematoma formation
ANS: B
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