Before weighing your wheelchair-bound patient, you discover that you cannot remove the chair's lap tray. How should you proceed?
A) Weigh the empty wheelchair before weighing the patient
B) Assist the patient to an upright scale
C) Ask the charge nurse for assistance
D) Weigh the patient in the chair, then subtract two pounds from the total
A
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