Muitiple choices - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. The nurse caring for a patient with ataxia would recommend that the family, in preparation for discharge home: 1. remove all scatter rugs from the home. 2. rearrange the bedroom furniture. 3. arrange for someone to stay with the patient 24 hours a day. 4. purchase oversized shoes so that they are easy to get on. ANS: 1 Scatter rugs can slip and cause a patient to fall. 2. When the nurse finds that a patient has fallen, the first intervention should be to: 1. have the patient to stand up. ...