Exam 28: Activity, Immobility, and Safe Movement

The nurse appropriately delegates care of the unit's patients to the properly trained UAP when that UAP is assigned which tasks?

The nurse is educating the family of a patient on falls risk precautions. Which statement by the family indicates a need for further education?

The nurse identifies which goal to be appropriate for the patient who is postoperative day one from abdominal surgery and on bed rest with the nursing diagnosis impaired skin integrity?

The nurse is implementing generalized falls precautions for patients who are at risk for falls. Which intervention indicates a lack of understanding of these precautions?

The nurse knows that manual lifting should only be done in which situation?

The nurse correctly selects which intervention to avoid causing shear or friction when moving a patient in bed?

The nurse knows that a patient with a compromised cardiopulmonary system has a diminished capacity for exercise because of which conditions?

The nurse is correctly demonstrating the use of a transfer belt when engaging in which actions?

The nurse has delegated to the UAP to assist a patient with ambulating in the hallway with a cane. Which statement by the UAP indicates a need for further education?

The nurse knows which items are included in the documentation for a patient on fall precautions?

Which explanation by the nurse best describes active assistive range of motion?

The nurse identifies that knee-high SCD (Sequential Compression Device) sleeves are correctly placed on the patient when which conditions are met?

The nurse knows which findings indicate orthostatic hypotension?

What response would the nurse give the patient when questioned about the effect of rheumatoid arthritis on the musculoskeletal system?

The nurse is correctly assisting the patient in using a cane when the patient demonstrates which activities?

The nurse is educating the patient about the effects of immobility on the body. Which statements by the patient indicate a need for further education?

The nurse is preparing to assist the patient to walk to the bathroom after medicating the patient with a narcotic for pain management. What possible adverse effect should the nurse be immediately aware?

The nurse is preparing to reposition the patient in bed. What is the first step in this process?

The nurse recognizes which goal to be appropriate for the patient who is postoperative day one from a hip fracture with the nursing diagnosis Impaired mobility?

The nurse correctly teaches the patient to rise from a chair using crutches when which intervention is used?