The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Is in an Air-Fluidized

question 12

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient who is in an air-fluidized bed.He or she places the patient in semi-Fowler's position using foam wedges,even though he or she realizes that

• A) patients gain the greatest benefit from the prone position in an air-fluidized bed.
• B) for resuscitation,he or she may have to increase the air pressure of the bed to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• C) he or she may have to increase the air pressure of the bed to turn the patient.
• D) the foam wedges may decrease the effects of the bed.

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