The older adult patient in an extended-care facility has a pressure ulcer. The nurse would encourage wound healing by increasing the patient's intake of zinc from which food sources?
a. Meats
b. Citrus fruits
c. Green leafy vegetables
d. Complex carbohydrates
ANS: A
Meat, nuts, and shellfish are dietary sources of zinc.
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A 13-month-old child is having a dressing changed on a packed leg wound. Which action from the parents should be encouraged by the nurse during the treatment?
A) Encourage the father to talk quietly to the child. B) Make sure the father is sitting on a chair near the door. C) Ask the father to wait outside until the treatment is complete. D) Have the father hold the child's legs still during the treatment.
Which physical assessment technique would be used to determine the AP:lateral ratio?
1) Inspection 2) Palpation 3) Percussion 4) Auscultation
When auscultating the patient's blood pressure (BP), what should the nurse do to avoid the auscultatory gap
1) Take a palpable BP. 2) Inflate the cuff to 30 mm Hg greater than the point where the palpable pulse is obliterated. 3) Inflate the cuff to the point where the palpable pulse is obliterated. 4) Always inflate the cuff above 200 mm Hg pressure.
Acute renal failure:
a. affects about 2–35% of all critically ill individuals. b. is not seen in individuals with diabetes mellitus. c. decreases in frequency with increasing age. d. none of the above.