The nurse delivers nursing care to a client on an air-fluidized bed. Which does the nurse include to ensure client rights?
1. Encourages active range of motion
2. Gives a turning schedule to the client
3. Allows client to control the Instaflate
4. Restricts visitors when providing care
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1. The nurse ensures client rights by engaging the client in the therapeutic plan with planning and implementation, so the nurse encourages the client to perform active range of motion to prevent deconditioning and muscle wasting while on bed rest. This allows the client to participate actively in the plan of care.
2. Giving the client a turning schedule is similar to providing the client with of list of required preoperative tests; the nurse shares information with the client but deter-mines the schedule beforehand without client input and thus denies the client the right to plan the turning schedule.
3. The nurse cannot allow the client to control the Instaflate because the duty the nurse owes the client is to provide skin care and prevent complications. If the client controls the Instaflate improperly, the nurse remains responsible for the outcome.
4. The nurse restricts visitors while providing nursing care with client agreement.
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