A patient with a spinal cord injury (SCI) has complete paralysis of the upper extremities and the lower part of the body. The nurse should use which medical term to correctly describe this in documentation?
1. Hemiplegia
2. Paresthesia
3. Paraplegia
4. Tetraplegia
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Rationale 1: Hemiplegia describes paralysis on one side of the body.
Rationale 2: Paresthesia does not involve paralysis.
Rationale 3: Paraplegia is paralysis of the lower body.
Rationale 4: Tetraplegia describes complete paralysis of the upper extremities and complete paralysis of the lower part of the body.
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