The nurse is assessing a client for circumduction. To complete this assessment, the nurse would:
a. ask the client to move her leg backward in a circle.
b. turn the client's foot and leg inward, pointing the toes toward the other leg.
c. move the client's head in order to touch her ear to the shoulder.
d. raise the client's straight arm forward to a position above her head.
ANS: A
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