The nurse is obtaining the health history of a client scheduled for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Which condition requires the nurse to cancel the MRI?
a. Amputated leg
b. Internal insulin pump
c. Intrauterine device
d. Atrioventricular (AV) graft
B
Metal devices such as pacemakers and prostheses interfere with the accuracy of the image and can become displaced by the magnetic force generated by an MRI procedure. An intrauterine device and an AV graft do not contain any metal.
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1. Determining how much time it takes the client to recover from an activity 2. Assessing how much the client can do at one time 3. Determining the level of pain experienced by the client during the activity 4. Asking the client how much the client feels like doing