A patient is being moved into a dangling position before ambulating. To decrease the chance of orthostatic hypotension, what activity can the patient do?
a. Sit on the side of the bed for a minute be-fore standing up.
b. Take several deep breaths while moving into the dangling position.
c. Push up from the bed into the dangling position on the side of the bed.
d. Stretch all of the muscles in the body.
A
Sitting on the side of the bed stabilizes the redistribution of the blood during the position change. Deep breathing helps lung expansion but does not affect the change in the blood distribution during position changes. Pushing up from the side of the bed helps the patient transition to standing, but it doesn't prevent orthostatic hypotension. There are many muscles throughout the body that cannot be stretched voluntarily.
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