Which of the following are signs and symptoms of poor nutritional status?
A) Flaky facial skin, facial edema, pale skin color
B) Tongue is a deep red in color with surface papillae present.
C) Firm, pink nailbeds
D) Firm hair that is resistant to plucking
Ans: A
Healthy skin is uniform in color and not swollen.
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The Goldmark Report identified which of the following as the major weakness of hospital-based nursing training programs?
a. failure to correlate theory with clinical practice b. inadequate clinical facilities c. limited number of clients consenting to student nursing care d. putting the needs of the institution before the needs of the student
A patient has herpes simplex 2 viral infection (HSV–2). The nurse recognizes that which of the following should be included in teaching the patient:
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