The patient has returned from abdominal surgery with a gauze dressing. The nurse notes a moderate amount of sanguineous drainage on the dressing. Which action does the nurse take?

Following an explosion at a factory, the patient is brought by ambulance to the emergency department. The patient has soot on the face and around the mouth and is coughing up black sputum. He verbalizes severe pain in his leg and his voice is noted to be a hoarse whisper. Further assessment reveals full thickness burns to the arms and hands and partial thickness burns to the legs. Shrapnel appears to have been embedded in the patient’s thigh. While moving the leg to assess the inner thigh, a piece of shrapnel shifts and the patient begins bleeding profusely from the wound. The patient cries out in pain and requests pain relief. Which action does the nurse take first?

The nurse educates the patient with newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus about which long-term complications of poorly-controlled diabetes? Select all that apply.