The nurse is preparing a patient for discharge from the emergency room to home after the patient incurred a sprain to the left ankle. While providing discharge teaching, the nurse should instruct the patient to do what?
A) Apply heat for the first 24 to 48 hours after injury.
B) Maintain the ankle in a dependent position.
C) Exercise hourly by performing rotation exercises of the ankle.
D) Keep an elastic compression bandage on the ankle.
D
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The addition of folic acid to enriched foods is intended to reduce the occurrence of:
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A nurse is assessing a postoperative patient who has a family history of malignant hyperthermia. Which findings would be of most concern to the nurse?
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