A student is ambulating a patient for the first time after surgery. What would the student do to anticipate and plan for an unexpected outcome?
A) Take the patient's vital signs after ambulation.
B) Ask the patient's wife to assist with ambulation.
C) Delay ambulation until the following shift.
D) Ask another student to help with ambulation.
D
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