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Kaplan Practice Test

The home care nurse plans care for a child in a leg cast for treatment of a fractured right ankle. The nurse enters the following nursing diagnosis on the care plan: skin integrity, risk for impaired. Which of the following actions by the nurse is BEST?

ExplanationContraction of muscle without moving joint; promotes venous return and circulation, prevents thrombi; quadriceps setting (push back knees into bed) and gluteal setting (push heels into bed)