Linton: Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing, 6th Edition
Chapter 21: Immobility
Answer Key – Open-Book Quiz
1. Therapeutic outcomes for immobility include pain relief and prevention of further
2. Nursing interventions include promoting exercise; maintaining adequate respiratory
3. Change the position of the patient at least every 2 hours; maintain joints in their
5. Any type of massage around or on a reddened area of skin can damage fragile
capillaries.
6. Stage I—major characteristic of this stage is erythema that does not blanch when
pressed; stage II—there is some skin loss in the epidermis and dermis; a shallow ulcer
8. Constipated individuals may strain to defecate, causing an increase in intra-abdominal
9. When the body is in a reclining position, the kidneys move urine into the ureters
against the pull of gravity. If the body remains in a supine position for even a few