Question

A nurse is conducting range-of-motion exercises on a client's hips. The nurse is assessing which of the following motions by instructing the client to bend the knee and bring it up toward the chest?

A) Flexion
B) Extension
C) Abduction
D) Adduction

Answer 1

The nurse is assessing flexion when instructing a client to bend the knee and bring it up toward the chest during range-of-motion exercises, which decreases the angle between the thigh and pelvis.

Step-by-step explanation:

When a nurse instructs a client to bend the knee and bring it up toward the chest to assess range-of-motion exercises on the client's hips, the motion being assessed is flexion. This movement decreases the angle between the bones at a joint, such as when the thigh is brought forward and upward relative to the pelvis at the hip joint, or when bending the knee to bring the foot toward the posterior thigh. Flexion occurs at several joints within the body, including the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, metacarpophalangeal, metatarsophalangeal, and interphalangeal joints.