Decerebrate posture is documented in the chart of the patient that the nurse will be caring for. The nurse should know that the patient may have elevated ICP causing serious disruption of motor fibers in the midbrain and brainstem and will expect the patient's posture to look like which posture represented below?
A. A (hands together on chest)
B. B (hands turned out at sides)
C. C (one hand on chest one turned out at sides)
D. D (hands at side with back arched)
Answer: B. B (hands turned out at sides)
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