When getting a patient from the bed into the chair for the first time since having an ORIF of a hip fracture, the nurse should
A) use a mechanical lift to transfer the patient from the bed to the chair.
B) assist the patient to use a walker with partial weight bearing to assist in transfer to the chair.
C) have the patient use crutches with a swing-through gait to transfer.
D) ask a nursing assistant to help the patient to stand at the bedside and pivot to the chair.
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