During an assessment of the feet, the nurse asks the patient to sit, feet dangling, and point the toes toward the nose. The nurse is assessing which movement?
1. Plantar flexion
2. Dorsiflexion
3. Eversion
4. Inversion
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Rationale 1: Plantar flexion is assessed by asking the patient to point the toes toward the floor.
Rationale 2: Dorsiflexion is assessed by having the patient point the toes toward the nose.
Rationale 3: Eversion is assessed by having the patient turn the soles of the feet out.
Rationale 4: Inversion is assessed by having the patient turn the soles of the feet in.
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