Free NCLEX RN Questions on Health Promotion and Maintenance Nursing Practice Question
The nurse is teaching a client with a right-leg fracture who has a prescription for partial weight-bearing status how to ambulate with crutches. The nurse determines that the client demonstrates compliance with this restriction to prevent complications of the fracture if the client follows which direction?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The client who has partial weight-bearing status is allowed to place 30 \% to 50 \% of the body weight on the affected limb. Touchdown weight-bearing allows the client to let the limb touch the floor but not to bear weight. Nonweight-bearing status does not allow the client to let the limb touch the floor. There is no classification for 60 \% to 80 \% weight-bearing status. Full weightbearing status involves placing full weight on the limb.