When a nurse asks a patient to place the right arm behind the head, the nurse is testing for which range of motion?

a. Flexion of the elbow
b. Hyperextension of the shoulder
c. Internal rotation and adduction of the shoulder
d. External rotation and abduction of the shoulder


ANS: D

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