The nurse is caring for a client in the postoperative period who is on bed rest. Which of the following actions should the nurse implement?

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When confined to bed, clients should alternately flex and extend all joints 10-12 times every 1-2 hours while awake. The muscular contraction produced by these exercises and by ambulation facilitates venous return from the lower extremities. A client on bed rest is not to be assisted up to the bathroom or placed in a chair. If passive ROM exercise were to be completed, the frequency would be every 1-2 hours, not once per 12 hour shift.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Client in the Postoperative