A Hospital Has Had Higher Than Average Reports of Client

question 31

Multiple Choice

A hospital has had higher than average reports of client handling and movement injuries. What could the nurse advocate for that could most help reduce the number of client handling injuries?

• A)Keep the clients restricted to bed
• B)Encourage clients to lose weight
• C)Hire more nurses
• D)Purchase lifting devices

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Definitions:

Concrete Operational Stage

A phase in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children from roughly 7 to 12 years old become capable of logical thought processes but are not yet able to think abstractly.

Egocentric

Having an inability to understand or assume any perspective other than one's own.

Preoperational Stage

A developmental stage ranging approximately from ages 2 to 7 during which children begin to engage in symbolic play and learn to manipulate symbols, but do not yet understand concrete logic.