An adult male patient with a history of type 1 diabetes has presented for care because he has been recently unable to retract his foreskin.
The nurse recognizes that this condition must be promptly resolved because it has the potential to cause what health problem?
A) Priapism
B) Penile inflammation
C) A urinary tract infection
D) Tissue necrosis
Question 2
A nurse in the intensive care unit is closely monitoring the fluid balance of an acutely ill patient. The nurse is aware that insensible water loss from the epidermis occurs constantly.
What characteristic of the stratum corneum of the epidermis limits epidermal water loss?
A) The presence of semipermeable membranes in epidermal skin cells
B) The presence of lipids in the stratum corneum
C) The inability to selectively sequester water in the cells of the stratum corneum
D) The hypertonic intracellular environment in cells of the stratum corneum
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