Exam 44: Activity and Exercise

The nurse is preparing to transfer a client from the bed to a stretcher.The correct position for the bed to be placed is parallel to the stretcher and

During a prenatal visit,the nurse is instructing a newly pregnant client in regard to exercise.What advice is best for the nurse to give this client?

The nurse is caring for a client experiencing dyspnea.In which position should the nurse place this client?

The nurse is teaching a client on the use of a cane.What should the nurse include in this teaching? (Select all that apply)

The nurse is planning care for a client who has limited bed mobility.What instruction should be given to the assistive personnel who will be caring for this client? (Select all that apply)

The newly admitted client has contractures of both lower extremities.What nursing intervention should be included in this client's plan of care?

The bed-bound client complains of pain and burning in the right calf area.What action should be taken by the nurse?

The nurse is working on a hospital committee focused on preventing back injury in nurses.Which recommendation by this committee is most likely to result in a decrease in back injuries if followed?

While assisting the client with a bath,the nurse encourages full range of motion in all the client's joints.Which activity would best support range of motion in the hand and arm?

The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with early osteoporosis.Which intervention is most applicable for this client?

The client has a history of postural hypotension.Which activities should the nurse advise this client as likely to cause postural hypotension? (Select all that apply)

The client who is bed-bound complains of abdominal pain.Bowel sounds are present.What action should be taken by the nurse?

The nurse is providing range-of-motion exercising to the client's elbow when the client complains of pain.What action should the nurse take?

What is the priority action of the nurse prior to transferring a client from bed to wheelchair?

The nurse is assisting in logrolling a client recovering from spinal surgery.Why should the nurse place a pillow between the client's legs when turning? (Select all that apply)

The client who is unconscious is developing foot drop.What nursing action is indicated?

The nurse is assisting a newly delivered mother in ambulating to the nursery to see the baby.The client complains of light-headedness and begins to faint.What is the nurse's most important action?

The nurse is considering using the NANDA nursing diagnosis Impaired Physical Mobility in the care plan of a newly admitted client.In order to make this problem statement more individual,the nurse should take which action?

The postoperative client is ambulating for the first time since surgery.The client has been able to tolerate sitting up on the side of the bed and has stood at the bedside without difficulty on two occasions.Which staff member should ambulate this client?

The nurse is preparing to assist a client to a lateral position to position a bedpan.What action should the nurse take first?