The nurse asks the patient to rest the left arm on a table and to move the lower arm so that the palm of the hand is up and then down. What motion is the nurse testing?

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Supination and pronation of the elbow is tested by this maneuver. The movements of the wrist are flexion, extension, and ulnar and radial deviation. Option C is not a movement of the elbow. The elbow moves in flexion, extension, pronation, and supination.

The Nurse Asks the Patient to Rest the Left Arm