A nurse preparing to assist an adult patient to stand for the first time following abdominal surgery should:
A) Have the patient place his arms around the nurse's neck.
B) Allow the patient to initially sit at the side of the bed.
C) Have the patient pull up with the nurse to assist.
D) Instruct the patient to push off the bed with the wrists.
Ans: B
Feedback: To assist an adult patient to stand following abdominal surgery, the nurse should instruct the patient to push into the bed with the elbows, then position the patient's feet so that they are well grounded. Then the nurse should firmly grasp the patient's rib cage with the hands and rock the patient forward to a standing position.
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