The nursing assistant is caring for a resident who has rheumatoid arthritis with painful swollen joints on their hands. What is the best approach for the nursing assistant to encourage the resident to be independent?

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The best approach to promote independence for this resident is to provide the right adaptive dressing tool for each clothing item as the resident asks so the resident can get dressed on their own. There are dressing tools to help with pulling on a blouse or shirt, socks, pulling up zippers, etc. The resident is in pain and has difficulty using their hands so leaving the resident to dress without assistance would be frustrating for the resident who needs help. The assistant should encourage the resident to choose clothing, but it is not the best choice to promote independence when the assistant dresses the resident. The assistant may choose easy-to-dress clothing without buttons and zippers, but this action does not give the resident a choice of clothing.

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