The nurse is providing postmortem. For which reason should the nurse elevate the client's head?
1. Prevent rigor mortis
2. Prevent facial discoloration
3. Algor mortis
4. Post mortis
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Rationale 1: Rigor mortis is rigidity of the muscles.
Rationale 2: If the head is not elevated, the blood will begin to pool around the sides of the face, the earlobes, and the neck leaving it a deep, reddish purple.
Rationale 3: Algor mortis is cooling of the body.
Rationale 4: There is no such thing as post mortis.
Global Rationale: If the head is not elevated, the blood will begin to pool around the sides of the face, the earlobes, and the neck leaving it a deep, reddish purple. Rigor mortis is rigidity of the muscles. Algor mortis is cooling of the body. There is no such thing as post mortis.
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