Question🙋🧏 and Answer on promotion of physiological health.

The nurse is measuring the patient for axillary(armpit) crutches,the nurse knows that?.

A. The patient should be measured without the shoes on.

B.Patient should stand and spread the legs wide.

C. Measurement from lower neck down to the heel and minus three inches from neck to the hair ,plus two inches if patient has hair.

D. The nurse should have patient lie down flat on the back in bed while the patient has the walking shoes on.

Correct answer is D. Rationale:Axillary(armpit) cruches should be measured while patient is lying flat in bed with the walking shoes on.A,B,C are wrong. In this case wearing of shoes is important.Measurement of neck or hair is not needed.Spreading of legs is irrelevant in this situation.

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