A 90-year-old patient with multiple medical problems is admitted to the hospital’s geriatric care unit. The nursing assessment reveals weight loss, poor capillary perfusion, and delayed skin turgor. These findings should alert the gerontologic nurse to which condition?
a. Aspiration
b. Fluid volume deficit
c. Pressure ulcers
d. Contractures
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