A Nurse Is Caring For A Patient Who Is Admitted With Multiple Wounds Sustained

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A Nurse Is Caring For A Patient Who Is Admitted With Multiple Wounds Sustained

in a motor-vehicle crash. Understanding the patient's specific needs during this initial stage of wound healing, the nurse should incorporate which of the following into the patient's plan of care to prevent a prolongation of this phase?
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Apply oxygen at 2 L/min via nasal cannula. -Following an acute injury, the body responds by increasing perfusion to the location of the injry during the inflammatory phase of wound healing. The purpose of this increased blood supply to the wounds is to transport the oxygen and nutrients essential for healing. It is common to see a delay in the resolution of the inflammatory phase of chronic wounds in patients who have a a lack of oxygen or poor perfusion.

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