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.
The nurse is using Standard Precautions to draw blood.
Decubitus ulcer staging
Example of Health Care Services
The medical assistant escorts the patient into the examination room.
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