The nurse,who is caring for a 73-year-old female patient who has been hospitalized with a stroke,instructs the patient's daughter to continue to do passive ROM exercises with her mother on her affected side to prevent contractures.The nurse explains to the daughter that this is very important in an immobile older adult patient because contractures can form how quickly?

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Contractures can form within 8 hours in an immobile older adult patient.

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