When assessing a client's coordination, a nurse asks the client to run the heel of one foot down the opposite shin and then repeat with the other heel. The client is unable to do this. What term should the nurse use in recording this assessment?
a. aphasia c. posturing
b. ataxia d. symmetry
B
The incoordination of voluntary muscle control is know as ataxia.
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