The primary nurse reports to the team caring for an older adult that the patient has a low Braden Scale score. The nurse would instruct the team to start interventions to prevent which complication?
1. Skin breakdown
2. Dehydration
3. Falls
4. Drug-food interactions
Answer: 1
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After teaching a group of students about visual disorders, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following as the most common cause of visual difficulties in children?
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