A nurse is teaching a client with a long leg cast how to use crutches properly while descending a staircase. The nurse should tell the client to transfer body weight to the unaffected leg, and then:

A nurse is teaching a client with a long leg cast how to use crutches properly while descending a staircase. The nurse should tell the client to transfer body weight to the unaffected leg, and then:


a) advance the unaffected leg.

b) advance both legs.

c) advance the affected leg.

d) advance both crutches.



Answer: advance both crutches.


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