Linda Pittmon is a 74 -year-old female client who was brought into the emergency department by ambulance with reports of not being able to feel their right foot. Linds states that the right foot has been numb for years, but now there is no feeling In the right foot and states “the color of my toes is not fight ” Nop pulse palpated in right lower leg right lower leg below the knee is cold to touch and is black and bluish in color with malodorous drainage observed around the toes. Linda has type 2 diabetes mellitus that the client admits has not been controlled for years. Linda spends some nights in a homeless shelter and the ocher nights on the strects. The tlient’s stin appesrs dry with poor turgor and tenting. Yital signs: blood pressure
[Solved]: Linda Pittmon is a 74 -year-old female client who…
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