Medical-Surgical Nursing 8th Edition by Donna Ignatavicius , Linda Workman

Exercise 4

An 82-year-old woman, who lives alone, fell at home and lay on her right side for 10 hours on a hardwood floor before she was found. Although she broke no bones, she is very sore and does not want to move. She has an open abraded area on her right trochanter. Her other health problems include arthritis, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease
How will you handle her request not to move or be moved?