A nurse assesses an older adult client who has multiple chronic diseases and takes several prescribed medications. The client’s heart rate is 45 beats/min, blood pressure is 122/70 mm Hg, and the client denies dizziness or chest pain. What action would the nurse take first?

What does the physical therapist need to arrange before a trial of mobility to optimize patient safety?

What impairments are often related to the administration of chemotherapy?

What normal physiologic event typically occurs in healthy bone marrow?

A patient has a toe-touch weight-bearing restriction on their right lower extremity for the next six weeks. They have no insurance and limited funds. They ask if they can use the single-point cane that they normally use for walking, instead of the physical therapist’s recommendation that they use a walker. What is the best response?

What is the goal of “conditioning therapy” in the context of stem cell or bone marrow transplant (BMT)?

What term best describes a blood and marrow transplant that uses marrow, peripheral blood, or cord blood from a related donor (but not an identical twin)?

A hospitalized patient recovering from a small bowel transplant has been progressing well in therapy over the last two days and has been cognitively intact. During today’s session, the patient reports feeling sleepy and feverish. Heart rate is elevated, and blood pressure is lower than normal. They are pale and diaphoretic. They are only oriented to self and report much more abdominal pain than yesterday; they are unable to rate their pain when queried.  These signs and symptoms are most in line with what emergent condition?

What is the highest priority safety consideration when providing physical therapy to a hospitalized patient who has recently undergone a kidney transplant?

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