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An elderly client, who has been admitted for abdominal surgery, has a poor appetite and restricted mobility because of hypertension.
 
  The client has been prescribed steroids for arthritic pain and takes medication for hypertension. The nurse that would identify which factor(s) would most likely impair wound healing for this client?
  a. Hypertension c. Nutritional status and steroids
  b. Arthritis d. Hypertension and pain

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A client has a mildly inflamed wound with an exudate that is composed primarily of serum. The nurse would document this wound drainage as being:
 
  a. suppuration. c. serous exudate.
  b. purulent exudates. d. hemorrhagic exudate.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C


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Reply #2 on: Jul 22, 2018
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