While assessing a newly admitted patient you note the following: impaired coordination, decreased muscle strength, limited range of motion, and reluctance to move. What nursing diagnosis do these signs and symptoms most clearly suggest?
A) Ineffective health maintenance
B) Impaired physical mobility
C) Disturbed sensory perception: Kinesthetic
D) Ineffective role performance
Ans: B
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Impaired physical mobility is a limitation of physical movement that is identified by the characteristics found in this patient. The other listed diagnoses are not directly suggested by the noted assessment findings.
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