Positioning Clients

A client is being prepared for a thoracentesis. The nurse should assist the client to which position for the procedure?

The nurse is caring for a client following a craniotomy, in which a large cancerous tumor was removed from the left side. In which position can the nurse safely place the client? Refer to the figures in options 1 to 4.

The nurse creates a plan of care for a client with deep vein thrombosis. Which client position or activity in the plan should be included?

The nurse is caring for a client who is 1 day postoperative for a total hip replacement. Which is the best position in which the nurse should place the client?

The nurse is providing instructions to a client and the family regarding home care after right eye cataract removal. Which statement by the client would indicate an understanding of the instructions?

The nurse is administering a cleansing enema to a client with a fecal impaction. Before administering the enema, the nurse should place the client in which position?

A client has just returned to a nursing unit after an above-knee amputation of the right leg. The nurse should place the client in which position?

The nurse is caring for a client with a severe burn who is scheduled for an autograft to be placed on the lower extremity. The nurse creates a postoperative plan of care for the client and should include which intervention in the plan?

The nurse is preparing to care for a client who has returned to the nursing unit after cardiac catheterization performed through the femoral vessel. The nurse checks the primary health care provider’s (PHCP’s) prescription and plans to allow which client position or activity after the procedure?

The nurse is preparing to insert a nasogastric tube into a client. The nurse should place the client in which position for insertion?