Your Patient Has Recently Undergone Total Right Knee Arthroplasty and Is

question 13

Multiple Choice

Your patient has recently undergone total right knee arthroplasty and is seated on a plinth with both feet resting on a stepstool. How should you instruct your patient to step down off the stepstool and onto the floor?

• A) Step down first with the right foot.
• B) Step down first with the left foot.
• C) It does not matter which foot steps down first.
• D) Step down with both feet simultaneously.

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