The nurse documents the client's gait as short, accelerating steps with the client shuffling in a forward-leaning posture and having difficulty starting and stopping. The nurse would identify this type of gait as
a. ataxic.
b. dystrophic.
c. festinating.
d. parkinsonian.
D
Parkinsonian gait is short, accelerating steps; shuffling; forward-leaning posture; flexed head, hips, and knees; and difficulty starting and stopping. An ataxic gait is staggering and unsteady. A dystrophic gait is with legs far apart, weight shifting from side to side (waddling in appearance). A festinating gait is one in which the client walk on his/her toes at an accelerating pace.
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