In Implementing Care for an Elderly Bedridden Client,which Nursing Intervention

question 9

Multiple Choice

In implementing care for an elderly bedridden client,which nursing intervention reflects appropriate action to compensate for normal changes of aging to her immunological system?

• A) Turning her every 2 hours to maintain intact skin integrity
• B) Administering prophylactic antibiotics
• C) Inserting multiple intravenous lines in case fluid resuscitation becomes necessary rapidly
• D) Drawing daily laboratory values for complete blood count with differential to analyze for "shift to the left"

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