A patient is recovering from an abdominal aortic bypass graft. To reduce the effects of orthostatic hypotension, the most appropriate action for the nurse to encourage is:
A. slowly sitting up in a chair.
B. performing isometric exercises.
C. decreasing the number of ankle pumps.
D. participating in chest physiotherapy.
A
Isometric exercises, which are activities that involve muscle tension without muscle shortening, do not have any effect on preventing orthostatic hypotension but improve activity tolerance. An-kle pumps help to prevent deep vein thrombosis. Participating in chest physiotherapy assists pa-tients with decreasing effects of pulmonary complications.
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