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2. What would be the single
most important health promotion activity for Mr. Allen?
3. Describe an an appropriate
set of exercises for Mr. Allen to enhance his circulation and decrease
the discomfort association with his illness..
4. Mr. Allen has had a
ballon angioplasty of the femoral artery. Following return to the
clinical unit. What are the key observations that need to be made?
5. How should Mr. Allen
be positioned after the angioplasty?
6. What should be included
in the assessment of Mr. Allen's pain?
7. Mr. Allen never stopped
smoking and then he developed diabetes. Three years later,
he developed a wound on the bottom of his foot which became gangrenous.
After numerous tries with debridement and advanced wound care techniques,
and no progress, he was told that needed a below the knee amputation.
Following the procedure, how should the extremity be positioned during
the first 24 hours?
8. What should be done
to faciliate the fitting and subsequent use of a prosthesis?
9. How can contractures
be prevented in someone that has an above the knee amputation?
10. What would you do if
a patient who has just had a below-the-knee amputation is bleeding?
11. What is a strategy
that can be used to decrease the likelihood of the development of phantom
limb pain?
Nursing
Care of the Patient with Peripheral Vascular Disease Quiz
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