Nurses implement therapeutic immobilization for patients to achieve which result?
a. Reducing pain
b. Restraining an unstable patient in bed
c. Increasing active movement of the body
d. Strengthening joints and muscles
A
Therapeutic reasons for bed rest include decreasing the body's oxygen needs, reducing cardiac workload, reducing pain, and allowing the debilitated or ill patient to rest. Restraining an unstable patient in bed is not a reason for therapeutic immobilization. Restraining is a last resort. The body loses muscle strength when muscles are inactive; therapeutic immobilization does not strengthen joints and muscles. Bed rest is to limit active movement of the body, not to increase it.
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