Question

A nurse is planning discharge care for a client who had a stroke and now has left-sided weakness. Which of the following interventions should the
nurse include in the plan of care?

Answer 1

Answer:

The nurse should include the following intervention in the plan of care:

Advise the client to install grab bars in her bathroom at home.

Explanation:

Stroke can be defined as a condition in which the blood that reaches the brain is interrupted. This might be because of an artery that supplies blood to the brain might have a burst or got blocked, hence depleting the brain from blood and oxygen.

A person experiencing a stroke might become numb and lose his/her balance. Hence, the nurse advised to install grab bars so that the patient could hold on to something if he/she experiences stroke in the bathroom.