The nurse needs to ambulate the client in the second phase of recovery. Which time period does the nurse use to ambulate the client in the hospital for the first time?
1. At discharge from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU)
2. After discharge to home and before complete recovery
3. Between induction for surgery and arrival in the PACU
4. After discharge from the PACU and before discharge to home
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4. Unless the nurse discharges the client from ambulatory surgery, the nurse ambulates the client for the first time on the surgical unit after discharge from the PACU and before discharge to home because postoperative ambulation is critically important to prevent postoperative complications.
1. Unless the client is discharged to home, the client remains on bedrest until after the transfer to a surgical unit for extended postoperative care. The client is likely to be groggy from anesthesia and affected by pain medication making ambulation dangerous for the client.
2. The nurse owes a duty to the client to ambulate before discharge to home.
3. Surgery occurs between induction and arrival in the PACU.
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