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nmorano1

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The nurse, caring for a client being monitored in the intensive care unit, realizes the client is at risk for which of these conditions?
 
  a. Sensory deficit c. Sensory overload
  b. Sensory deprivation d. Sensory compromise

Question 2

The nurse assesses that a client's abdominal wound has dehisced. The first thing that the nurse should do is:
 
  a. apply sterile gauze or a pad soaked with sterile normal saline over the wound area that has dehisced.
  b. place the client in a flat position.
  c. ask the client to deep breathe and cough.
  d. apply a dry gauze dressing over the area that has dehisced.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A



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