The nurse is discharging an older woman who uses a walker from rehabilitative care. Which observation does the nurse use to determine whether the patient is prepared for discharge?
a. She holds the front of the walker.
b. She has a walker with four wheels.
c. She takes four steps into the walker.
d. She takes the walker to the elevator.
D
The older adult uses the elevator to travel between floors of a building, demonstrating that she knows not to use a walker on the stairs and is thus safe to discharge. Older adults should use the arms of a walker for stability. A walker with four wheels can be easy to move; however, such ease of movement does not provide enough stability to be suitable as an assistive device. To use a walker correctly, she should take two steps at a time into the walker.
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