The nursing student is working with a female client who had recent hip surgery. The client was drowsy. The nursing student used critical thinking to determine the action needed to prevent the client from falling
The nursing student should:
A) walk the client to the bathroom using a walker.
B) transfer the client to a bedside commode.
C) provide a fracture bedpan.
D) use a gait belt and walk the client to the bathroom.
Ans: C
Feedback:
The student's synthesis of the facts of a situation and the translation of these facts into action demonstrate effective critical thinking. The client has recently had hip surgery and is drowsy and will be unsteady on her feet, so trying to get her up by transfer to a bedside commode or using a walker or a gait belt will not provide the safest choices for helping the client to be toileted. The fracture bedpan is the safest choice to prevent a fall in the drowsy postoperative client recovering from recent hip surgery.
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