The nurse is testing superficial reflexes on an adult patient.When stroking up the lateral side of the sole and across the ball of the foot,the nurse notices the plantar flexion of the toes.How would the nurse document this finding?

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With the same instrument,draw a light stroke up the lateral side of the sole of the foot and across the ball of the foot,like an upside-down "J." The normal response is plantar flexion of the toes and sometimes of the whole foot.

The Nurse Is Testing Superficial Reflexes on an Adult Patient