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The nurse is providing postoperative care to a client who had a hip prosthesis inserted. The nurse remove the abductor splint during physical therapy. The correct answer is 4.During the client’s skin care and physical therapy.
The abduction splint should only be taken off for mobility purposes, such as physical therapy and personal hygiene, until the main healthcare professional approves adduction to or beyond the midline.
When the client gets up to seat in a chair, the splint is required unless the client can be trusted to maintain abduction; flexing the hip with a prosthesis cannot be beyond 60 degrees for upto 10 days; from then on it cannot be above 90 degrees until approved by the primary healthcare provider. A splint aids in maintaining position and keeping the hip prosthesis in the hip socket if the client needs to shift positions.
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The nurse is providing postoperative care to a client who had surgery in which a hip prosthesis was inserted. An abductor splint is in place. When should the nurse remove the splint?
1.When the client gets up to sit in a chair
2.If the client needs a change of position
3.Once the client’s edema and pain have ceased
4.During the client’s skin care and physical therapy
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