The nurse provides instructions about postoperative exercises to the client who is scheduled for a laparotomy. Which does the nurse include in client teaching?
1. Exercise each extremity.
2. Exercise once every day.
3. Repeat exercises two times.
4. Turn in bed every four hours.
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1. The nurse instructs the client to exercise each extremity to promote blood flow and venous return as a strategy to prevent cardiac deconditioning and deep vein thrombo-sis formation.
2. Once daily exercising is inadequate.
3. Performing each exercise twice is inadequate.
4. Turning in bed every 4 hours is inadequate because tissue becomes hypoxic within minutes of sustained pressure. Within 4 hours, cell death can occur.
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