A client who has difficulty raising the hips needs to urinate. What should the nurse do?
1. Use a fracture pan
2. Raise the head of the bed
3. Ambulate to the bathroom
4. Call for a bedside commode
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Rationale 1: If a client has difficulty raising the hips, use a fracture pan.
Rationale 2: Raising the head of the bed will not help place a bedpan under this client.
Rationale 3: A client who has difficulty raising the hips may not be able to safely ambulate to the bathroom.
Rationale 4: The client might not be able to wait for a bedside commode to arrive.
Global Rationale: If a client has difficulty raising the hips, use a fracture pan. Raising the head of the bed will not help place a bedpan under this client. A client who has difficulty raising the hips may not be able to safely ambulate to the bathroom. The client might not be able to wait for a bedside commode to arrive.
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