The client has had surgery to repair a fractured left-sided hip. The nurse will use which of the following important items when repositioning the client from side to side in bed?
1. Bed pillow
2. Abductor splint
3. Adductor splint
4. Overhead trapeze
2
Rationale: Following surgery to repair a fractured hip, an abductor splint is used to maintain the affected extremity in good alignment. An overhead trapeze and bed pillow are also used, but they are not the priority item to be used in repositioning.
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a. True b. False
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