Which of the following would be an appropriate nursing goal?
1. The client will raise her right arm to shoulder height by Friday.
2. The client will begin to use her right arm.
3. The client will not complain of pain in the right arm.
4. The client should not injure the right arm.
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Rationale 1: Part of the planning process includes setting goals for the client that are specific, timed, and measurable. The client will begin to use the right arm does not offer a time frame or specify how the arm will be used, which would make evaluation of progress impossible. Lack of complaints of pain in the arm is not indicative the client doesn't have pain, only that no spontaneous reports are made. Lack of injury is too nonspecific, and would not be the best choice of goals.
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