While receiving a report, the nurse learns that a client has paraplegia. The nurse will plan care for this client based upon the understanding that the client has which of the following?
A) Paralysis of the legs
B) Weakness affecting one-half of the body
C) Paralysis affecting one-half of the body
D) Paralysis of the legs and arms
Ans: A
Paraplegia is paralysis of the legs, and quadriplegia is paralysis of the arms and legs. Hemiparesis refers to weakness of one half of the body, and hemiplegia is paralysis of one half of the body.
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