The nurse is discharging an older female adult who uses a walker from rehabilitative care. Which observation does the nurse use to determine that the client is prepared for dis-charge?
a. She holds the front of the walker.
b. She has a walker with four wheels.
c. She takes four steps into the walker.
d. She takes the walker to the elevator.
D
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A Incorrect. Older adults should use the arms of a walker for stability.
B Incorrect. A walker with four wheels can be easy to move; however, such ease of movement does not provide enough stability to be suitable as an assistive de-vice.
C Incorrect. To use a walker correctly, she should take two steps at a time into the walker.
D Correct. The older adult uses the elevator to travel between floors of a building, demonstrating that she knows not to use a walker on the stairs, and is thus safe to discharge.
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