A nurse is aware that a patient who is having his leg amputated is also having a prosthesis fitted during at the same time as the surgery. Which fact should the preoperative teaching plan include?
a. Extra preoperative medications will be needed.
b. A rigid dressing will be applied to ac-commodate the prosthesis.
c. A series of temporary prostheses will be put in place before the permanent one.
d. Wiring the residual limb will be needed to ensure acceptance of the prosthesis.
B
A rigid dressing will be applied to the residual limb to accommodate the prosthesis immediately after surgery.
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a. Cultural humility b. Cultural research c. Cultural sensitivity d. Cultural competency
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A) Assessment B) Planning C) Implementation D) Evaluation
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