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The nurse is caring for a 75 year old male client who is beginning to form a pressure ulcer at the coccyx.Which intervention will be most helpful in preventing further development of the ulcer?
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The nurse is caring for a 75 year old male client who is beginning to form a pressure ulcer at the coccyx.Which intervention will be most helpful in preventing further development of the ulcer?

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Answer:keep skin clean and dry, turn and reposition every 2 hours and PRN, monitor diet/Po intakes, notify MD, apply barrier cream as ordered, request a pressure reducing mattress and w/c cushion.

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