Before assisting a patient with ambulation on the day after a total hip replacement, which action is most important for the nurse to take?

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The patient should be adequately medicated for pain before any attempt to ambulate. Instructions about the benefits of ambulation may increase the patient's willingness to ambulate, but decreasing pain with ambulation is more important. The presence of an incisional drain or timing of dressing change will not affect ambulation.

Before Assisting a Patient with Ambulation on the Day After