Health Promotion and Maintenance Q 120
Nurse Alexandra teaches a client about elastic stockings. Which of the following statements, if made by the client, indicates to the nurse that the teaching was successful?
A. “I will wear the stockings until the physician tells me to remove them.”
B. “I should wear the stockings even when I am asleep.”
C. “Every four hours I should remove the stockings for a half hour.”
D. “I should put on the stockings before getting out of bed in the morning.”
Correct Answer: D. “I should put on the stockings before getting out of bed in the morning.
Promote venous return by applying external pressure on veins.
Option A: The stockings may be removed before going to bed and worn again before getting out of bed.
Option B: Wearing stockings while sleeping is unnecessary. The mechanisms by which wearing elastic stockings prevent DVT are prevention of blood stasis by increasing the blood flow volume and decrease of the caliber of venous blood vessels by compression of the lower limbs.
Option C: The stockings should be worn the whole day and removed before going to sleep.