Question

A client with a fractured tibia and fibula is to be discharged from the emergency department with a right leg cast and crutches. in addition to the technical aspects of crutch walking, the nurse should teach the client to do what?

Answer 1

The nurse needs to teach the client to remove loose rugs from their environment. As a patient in clutches, one of their main risk factors is slippage around their environment which may cause further damage to their body or undo the treatment that had already been done to their tibia and fibula.