An appropriate goal for the patient who is postoperative day one from a hip fracture with the nursing diagnosis Impaired physical mobility is:
a. the patient will interact with others.
b. the patient will ambulate to the bathroom with assistance.
c. the patient will have no skin breakdown.
d. the patient will have a physical therapy consult.
ANS: B
Patients with a diagnosis of Impaired physical mobility should have a goal aimed at improving their mobility. Although immobility can impact social isolation and skin breakdown, those goals are not appropriate for this diagnosis. Have a physical therapy consult is not a goal but an intervention.
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