Which of the following actions should the nurse take to use a wide base support when assisting a client to get up in a chair?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Using a wide base of support is a fundamental principle of body mechanics in nursing to ensure stability, safety, and injury prevention for both the nurse and the client during transfers. Option B facing the client, bending the knees, and placing hands on the client's forearms while lifting correctly incorporates this principle. Bending the knees lowers the nurse's center of gravity, and facing the client allows for a forward weight shift while keeping the spine aligned. Placing hands on the forearms provides a secure grip and encourages the client to assist, while the nurse's feet, naturally apart in this stance, create a wide base for balance. Option A (bending at the waist) risks back injury due to poor spinal alignment and lacks mention of foot positioning. Option C (spreading feet apart) is a component of a wide base but is incomplete as a standalone action for lifting. Option D (tightening pelvic muscles) is irrelevant to establishing a base of support and pertains more to the client's effort than the nurse's technique. Thus, B is the most comprehensive and mechanically sound choice.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Home care for terminally ill like Mr. Gary allows dying with dignity amid loved ones (D), per home care benefits personal, familiar setting. It's often less expensive (A), more personal (B), and includes family (C). D's emotional advantage aligns with patient-centered care, making it the true statement.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Organs harvested before death (C) isn't true donation occurs post-mortem (or brain death), per legal/ethical standards. Age 18 (A) varies, specification (B) is allowed, donor card (D) is legal. C violates donation timing, making it the untrue statement.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Double-checking meds to avoid error is nonmaleficence (D) preventing harm, per ethics. Autonomy (A) respects choice, beneficence (B) does good, justice (C) fairness not error-focused. D ensures safety, making it correct.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Falsely saying Mr. Gary has AIDS is defamation (B) reputation-harming lie, per law. Privacy (A) needs truth, assault (C) threat, battery (D) touch. B fits slanderous falsehood, making it correct.