Casey Galen, a student nurse, conducts a dermatology in-service for nurses and students assigned to a medical surgical floor at the local hospital. Ms. Galen stresses the impact of accumulated risk factors in skin disease and breakdown. Such factors include:
A. loss of protective cushioning of the epidermal and dermal skin layers.
B. decreased vascular fragility.
C. lifetime of environmental trauma.
D. All of the above.
Answer: C. lifetime of environmental trauma.
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