Select the Position That Is Most Appropriate for a Client

question 117

Multiple Choice

Select the position that is most appropriate for a client who just returned from a myelogram in which a water-soluble contrast medium (metrizamide) was used.

• A)Trendelenburg's
• B)Prone
• C)Supine/flat
• D)Head elevated 45 degrees

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Definitions:

Contracted Muscle

A state of muscle that is actively shortened, typically in response to a nerve impulse, facilitating movement.

Muscle Activity

The action of muscle fibers contracting and relaxing, which results in movement or the maintenance of posture.

Chemical Reactions

Processes in which one or more substances are chemically changed into one or more new substances.

Pyrogens

Substances that cause fever by acting on the hypothalamus's temperature-regulating center.