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Title: The nurse, assessing integumentary changes in an elderly patient, realizes that
Post by: colleen on Jan 18, 2013
The nurse, assessing integumentary changes in an elderly patient, realizes that which of the following changes is expected in an older adult?
1. a decrease in abdominal fat
2. an increase in perfusion
3. a decrease in vitamin D production
4. an increase in vasomotor response


Title: Re: The nurse, assessing integumentary changes in an elderly patient, realizes that
Post by: cheap.tb.soln on Jan 21, 2013
1. a decrease in abdominal fat


Title: Re: The nurse, assessing integumentary changes in an elderly patient, realizes that
Post by: robertling on Jan 21, 2013
It's 3 -- In the elderly, there will be an increase in abdominal fat due to the redistribution of adipose tissue. There will be a decrease in perfusion of the dermis. There will be a decrease in vitamin D production of the epidermis. There will be a decrease in the vasomotor response of the dermis.