Answer to Question 1
B
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Muscle atrophy can occur in older adults who have been on bed rest even for 1 or 2 days. Range of motion and muscle tone can be maintained through routine active or passive range of motion exercises. Elderly clients having age-related skin changes and poor hydration can have slow wound healing. An indwelling catheter in elderly clients can lead to urinary tract infection, not muscle atrophy.
Answer to Question 2
A
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The nurse should ensure that the client's name appears on all pages to ensure legally defensible charting. The nurse should not leave spaces between entries and signature so that the document is legally acceptable. The nurse should use only abbreviations approved by the facility, and not use abbreviations wherever possible. The nurse should record all the facts but not any subjective interpretations, to ensure that the document is legal evidence.
Critical thinking involves analysis in which the nurse examines patient data available from a variet
Obturator Muscle Test
NURSE CARING BEHAVIORS AS
Principles of Pediatric Nursing: Caring for Children (Ball et al.)
Skeletal Muscle Pump
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