A Client Needs Discharge Teaching Regarding the Use of a Walker

question 7

Multiple Choice

A client needs discharge teaching regarding the use of a walker before going home. The client's room is small and adjacent to a soda machine and small lounge area. In planning a teaching session, the best thing the nurse can do is:

• A) make sure a physical therapist is available to do the teaching and can see the client before discharge.
• B) close the door to the client's room and make sure there is no clutter on the floor before the teaching session begins.
• C) wait until just prior to discharge, then do the teaching in the hospital lobby.
• D) take the client to a larger area (treatment room, for example) for teaching, then evaluate on the way back to the client's room.

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Definitions:

Patient Outcome

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