A patient was brought to the emergency department after a fall. The patient is taken to the operating room to receive a right hip prosthesis. In the immediate postoperative period, what should the nurse do?
A) Maintain the leg in an abducted position.
B) Maintain the leg in an adducted position.
C) Maintain the leg in a neutral position.
D) Maintain the leg with the hip flexed greater than 90 degrees.
Ans: A
Feedback: After receiving a hip prosthesis, the affected leg should be kept abducted. Adduction (option B) may dislocate the hip. Option C would be correct if an internal fixation device was used. Option D is incorrect because the hip must not be flexed more than 90 degrees for the first 2 months and even less than that for the first 10 days.
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