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Which patient teaching would help to prevent venous stasis? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Dangle legs when sitting.
  b. Avoid crossing legs at the knee.
  c. Elevate legs when lying in bed or sitting.
  d. Massage extremities to help maintain blood flow.
  e. Wear elastic stockings when ambulating.

Question 2

The nurse describes various integumentary conditions to a group of older adults. Which of the following descriptions best defines actinic keratoses?
 
  A) Gray or brown raised lesions located on sun exposed areas of the skin.
  B) Irregular shaped, irregular colored lesions found in the scalp of older adults.
  C) These lesions are dark, wartlike projections on various parts of their bodies.
  D) When located on the leg or abdomen, the lesions are dry and the size of a penny.



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Answer to Question 1

B, C, E
Avoid prolonged sitting or standing. Avoid crossing the legs at the knee.
Elevate legs when sitting. Wear elastic stockings when ambulatory. Do not massage extremities because of danger of embolization of clots (thrombus breaking off and becoming an embolus).

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Keratoses are small, light-colored lesions, usually gray or brown with a cutaneous horn with a slightly reddened and swollen base. In contrast, seborrheic keratoses are dark, wartlike projections that are as small as a pinhead or as large as a quarter.




BRWH

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
:D TYSM


Chelseyj.hasty

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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