The nurse is caring for a client with a venous stasis ulcer. Which nursing intervention would be most effective in promoting healing?
A. Apply dressing using sterile technique
B. Improve the client’s nutrition status
C. Initiate limb compression therapy
D. Begin proteolytic debridement.
Answer: B: Improve the client’s nutritional status
The goal of clinical management in a client with venous stasis ulcers is to promote healing. This only can be accomplished with proper nutrition. The other answers are correct, but without proper nutrition, the other interventions would be of little help.
A. Apply dressing using sterile technique
B. Improve the client’s nutrition status
C. Initiate limb compression therapy
D. Begin proteolytic debridement.
Answer: B: Improve the client’s nutritional status
The goal of clinical management in a client with venous stasis ulcers is to promote healing. This only can be accomplished with proper nutrition. The other answers are correct, but without proper nutrition, the other interventions would be of little help.
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