A patient's outcome at the end of the shift is to ambulate down the hall and back twice. By the end of the shift the patient was able to ambulate once. Since the outcome was not met, what would be the best recommendation to change the care plan?
a. Go to the doctor and ask for advice
b. Change the care plan to ambulating once per shift
c. Change the care plan to ambulating three times per shift
d. Continue the care plan to ambulate twice per shift
Answer: d. Continue the care plan to ambulate twice per shift
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