Aclient has an above-the-knee amputation of the left leg because of arterial insufficiency. to prevent a hip flexion contracture, in what position should the nurse periodically place this client?

The nurse should put the client at prone position a couple of times in a day for about 20 minutes to prevent hip flexion contracture. The client can be position in supine but the stump must be elevated for the first 24 hours by uplifting the foot of the bed instead of using pillow. The elevation of residual limb after surgery helps lessen edema and pain by increasing venous return and decreasing venous pooling at the distal portion of the extremity.

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in the year 2850, humans successfully colonized mars. the martian modules that were constructed could hold only a small population of people. it is now a century later, and the population on mars has grown to 600 people. of the current mars population, 45 people express the recessive phenotype for phenylketon- uria (pku) syndrome (pp genotype).

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