For a patient who is to be placed in Russell's traction, the nurse prepares the:
a. occipital area.
b. arm and forearm.
c. back and abdomen.
d. lower extremities.
D
Russell's traction is a modification of Buck's extension in which Newton's third law of motion (for each force in one direction, there is an equal force in the opposite direction) is used to double the amount of pull through the arrangement of ropes, pulleys, and weights.
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