The nurse is caring for a medical-surgical patient.To decrease the risk of pressure ulcers and encourage the patient's willingness and ability to increase mobility,which intervention is most important for the nurse to complete?

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Maintaining adequate pain control and patient comfort increases the patient's willingness and ability to increase mobility,which in turn reduces pressure ulcer risks.It is good to encourage a patient to move about but even better if the patient actually sits up in the chair.Explaining the risk of immobility is important for the patient because it may impact the patient's willingness but not his or her ability.Turning the patient is important for decreasing pressure ulcers but needs to be done every 2 hours,and again does not influence the patient's ability to increase mobility.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Medical-Surgical Patient