The nurse observes a patient who has a lack of coordination, clumsy movements, and an unbalanced gait. How would the nurse document this observation?
1. As flaccidity
2. As paralysis
3. As hemiparesis
4. As ataxia
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Rationale 1: Flaccidity is an abnormal condition in which movement does not occur at all in a part or is impaired.
Rationale 2: Paralysis is an abnormal condition in which movement does not occur at all in a part.
Rationale 3: Hemiparesis is an abnormal condition in which movement does not occur at all in half of the body.
Rationale 4: In ataxia, there is a lack of coordination, clumsy movements, and an unbalanced gait.
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