During the acute CVA phase, a risk for falls related to paralysis is present. Which intervention best protects the patient from injury?
a. Keep the bed in a high position for ease of nursing care.
b. Keep the side rails up, according to agen-cy policy.
c. Assess vision deficit related to ptosis.
d. Monitor the condition every 2 hours.
B
Rails keep patients in bed. The bed should be low, monitoring the patient should be more fre-quent than every 2 hours, and visual assessment is not directly related to fall prevention.
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True False
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