When providing care for a postoperative patient,it is important for the nurse to include which postoperative exercise?
A)Turning every 4 hours
B)Completing leg exercises once daily
C)Repeating individual leg exercises 20 times
D)Performing exercises with the unaffected extremities

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A leg unaffected by surgery can be exercised safely unless the patient has preexisting phlebothrombosis (blood clot formation)or thrombophlebitis (inflammation of the vein wall).Instruct the patient to turn every 2 hours from side to back to the other side while awake.Have the patient continue to practice exercises at least every 2 hours while awake and repeat exercises 5 times.Instruct the patient to coordinate turning and leg exercises with diaphragmatic breathing,incentive spirometry,and coughing exercises.

When Providing Care for a Postoperative Patient,it Is Important for the Nurse