“Nutrition” is just one small part of the Braden Scale, so it does not play a huge role in the resident’s overall health status, ability to heal wounds, and likelihood of acquiring a hospital-acquired pressure injury. 

According to “Nutrition Guidelines for Wound Healing”, protein is used to: ________, _________, and __________ body tissue. 

________________refers to a medical condition in which people have three or more risk factors for Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

According to “Nutrition Guidelines to Improve Wound Healing”: when someone has a wound and/or an infection they will need extra:  (choose THREE from below)

When the kidneys are not working well, the byproducts of protein breakdown can build up in the blood

Many elderly people lose the ability to distinguish between salty, sour, sweet, and bitter flavors.

The mother is 8 hours postpartum and her bleeding is normal, however, her fundus is firm but is found to be at the right of the midline and one finger-breadth above the umbilicus. This requires the nurse’s intervention of to prevent postpartum subinvolution or uterine atony. What is the FIRST PRIORITY nursing intervention to perform?

A client gave birth three days ago, and reports a change in her vaginal bleeding from dark red to light pink. This client is experiencing:

The physician ordered ticarcillin 500mg in 50ml to infuse over 30 minutes. The drop factor is 15 gtt/ml. Calculate the flow rate in drops per minute.  [CLOZE_01]   Gtt/min  

The nurse is providing care to a newborn who weighs 6 lbs. How many kilograms does the newborn weigh? Round the answer to the nearest hundredth.  [CLOZE_01]  kg