Your client, a right-handed woman with right-sided hemiplegia, needs to be dressed for the day. All team members are tied up with a new admission. You should:
1. call the physical therapist to dress the client.
2. call an aide to dress the client.
3. help the client dress, remembering to dress the stronger side first.
4. help the client dress, remembering to dress the weaker side first.
Question 2
A client has a medical diagnosis of cerebrovascular accident with resulting right-sided paralysis. The client can no longer pursue his occupation as a landscaper. What would be an appropriate nursing diagnosis?
1. Powerlessness
2. Ineffective role performance
3. Activity intolerance
4. Self-care deficit