A client is recovering from a revascularization procedure. What should the nurse instruct this client?
1. Get up only to use the bathroom.
2. Keep the head of the bed at 45 degrees.
3. Keep the pressure dressing in place over the arterial access site.
4. Plan on discharge in 2 hours.
Answer: 3
1. The client may not get out of bed, but must remain flat with the affected leg extended for a certain prescribed period of time.
2. The head of the bed may be elevated to 30 degrees maximum.
3. The client is taught to leave the pressure dressing in place for the prescribed period of time.
4. The client can expect discharge at 6-8 hours after the angioplasty at the earliest.
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