A 72-year-old woman is injured in a fall down a flight of steps at home and is placed on bedrest in the hospital. Select the interventions by the nurse for this client that best prevent the complica-tions of immobility
a. Limiting the fluid intake to 200 mL per shift to prevent dependent edema.
b. Giving the client a full-bed bath and feeding her all meals to reduce potential injury to fragile bones.
c. Massaging bony prominences and turning the client every 2 hours.
d. Ambulating the client to the bathroom in-stead of using the bedpan.
C
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