The nurse assesses the adult client's spine. Which expected finding does the nurse assess about the client's alignment and posture?
1. Upper spine bends slightly
2. Spine in straight alignment
3. Slumping to nondominant side
4. Dominant side of client favored
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2. The anterior-posterior alignment of the spine should be a straight line from the skull to the sacrum.
1. An excessive thoracic curvature is kyphosis, which is common with vertebral compression fractures of the thoracic spine.
3 and 4. Slumping to the nondominant side and favoring the dominant side are ab-normal findings indicating muscular weakness or abnormal spine alignment.
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A) True B) False