The nurse anticipates the following healing process of the surgical wound:
1. Minimal granulation tissue and scarring
2. Longer repair time
3. Significant scarring
4. Increased risk of infection
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Rationale: The surgical wound typically heals by primary intention, where tissues have been approximated and there is minimal or no tissue loss; it characteristically has minimal granulation tissue and scarring.
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Her lab values are dangerously low and without the blood, the client is likely to go into shock. The nurse at the ethics committee meeting states that "the client should have the blood regardless of her reasons as without it she may die. The committee should act disregarding the client's wishes as she doesn't know what is best for her." This represents what kind of fallacy? A) Arguing that because everybody does something, that something must be good B) Making someone accept the conclusion of another based on force alone C) Appealing to inappropriate authority to justify a decision D) Refusing to allow evidence to be shared if it contradicts one's personal position
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a. 0.30% c. 1.33% b. 3% d. 0.133%
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This nurse later talks with one patient about the fall he sustained from his motorcycle and if he is able to move all four extremities independently. The nurse is demonstrating: 1. The goals of triage. 2. Standards of practice for an emergency department. 3. Hospital-identified policies and procedures. 4. Evidence-based practice.