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Yi-Chen

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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 food sources such as:
 
  a. meat.
  b. citrus fruit.
  c. green leafy vegetables.
  d. complex carbohydrates.

Question 2

The nurse points out that the nonhealing pressure ulcers and decreasing visual acuity in a patient on a fat-restricted diet may be related to the patient's impaired ability to metabolize:
 
  a. vitamin A.
  b. vitamin B6.
  c. vitamin B12.
  d. vitamin C.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A



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