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A Nurse Is Caring for a Client Who Had a Musculocutaneous

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A nurse is caring for a client who had a musculocutaneous flap reconstruction. The nurse assesses the flap to be cool with dark dermal blood on lancing. The most appropriate action by the nurse is to


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Body Temperature

The measure of the body's ability to generate and get rid of heat, crucial for the body's proper functioning and maintaining homeostasis.

Sympathetic Stimulation

Activation of the sympathetic nervous system, leading to responses like increased heart rate and blood pressure.

Toxic Conditions

States of health compromised by the presence of harmful substances in the body, leading to adverse effects.

Tachycardia

An abnormally rapid heart rate, often defined as a heart rate exceeding 100 beats per minute in adults.

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