A patient recovering from hip replacement surgery is prescribed a pillow between the legs. The nurse explains that the pillow will facilitate which positioning?
1. Adduction
2. Abduction
3. Extension
4. Flexion
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Rationale 1: Adduction moves an extremity toward the midline of the body. Placement of a pillow between the legs would not bring them closer together.
Rationale 2: Abduction is the movement of an extremity away from the midline of the body. A pillow between the legs holds them apart, away from the midline, maintaining the integrity of the new hip.
Rationale 3: Extension is straightening the extremity at a joint. Placement of a pillow between the legs will not impact extension.
Rationale 4: Flexion is bending an extremity at a joint. Placement of a pillow between the legs will not impact flexion.
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