
A nurse preparing to get a patient out of bed for the first time since surgery will initially:
A) assist the patient to sit and dangle his or her legs on the side of the bed.
B) allow the patient to sit with the head of bed raised to the high Fowler's position.
C) assist the patient from a supine position to a standing position.
D) place a walker at the side of the bed.
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