The nurse is caring for a client who is 1 day post total hip replacement. The nurse is instructing the client about how to perform quadriceps-setting exercises correctly. Which direction does the nurse provide to the client?
a. "Straighten your legs and push the back of your knees into the mattress."
b. "Straighten your legs and bring each leg separately off the mattress 6 inches."
c. "Raise each leg 10 inches off the bed, keep it straight, and make ankle circles."
d. "Bend each knee, and rapidly point your toes downward and then upward."
A
Quadriceps-setting exercises are done by straightening the leg as much as possible by attempting to push the back of the knees into the mattress. The other exercises may be performed by the client as tolerated, but these items do not describe quadriceps-setting exercises.
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