The nurse has written a goal for a postoperative appendectomy patient that reads: "The client will ambulate 40 feet in the hallway every day beginning the day after surgery." This goal might be considered as:
a. having too long of a time frame to achieve.
b. having too short of a time frame to achieve.
c. being too easy for the client to achieve.
d. something that should be accomplished once the client returns home.
ANS: B
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