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A Patient's Physical Mobility Is Impaired Because of Paralysis of Both

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A patient's physical mobility is impaired because of paralysis of both lower extremities.Which is the best method for the nurse to use to place the patient in semi-Fowler's position?


Definitions:

Factitious Disorder

Disorder marked by deliberately faking physical or mental illness to gain medical attention.

Munchhausen's Syndrome

A psychiatric disorder wherein an individual deliberately feigns or induces illness in themselves for attention, sympathy, or other emotional gain.

Somatic Symptom

A physical symptom that may have no identifiable physical cause but is related to psychological distress.

Dissociative

Referring to a disruption or discontinuity in the normal integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior.

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