Before assisting a client with ambulation on the day after a total hip replacement, which of the following actions is most important for the nurse to implement?

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The client should be adequately medicated for pain before any attempt to ambulate. Instructions about the benefits of ambulation may increase the client'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 Client with Ambulation on the Day After