The nurse is assisting with a bedpan for a patient who had knee surgery 24 hours ago. The best way for the nurse to maximize comfort is to raise the knee gatch.
Bedpan is a container that is used to collect urine or feces of a patient who is bed ridden. It is shaped in a manner to fit under the person lying or sitting in bed.
A person who had a knee surgery recently will not be able to move out of the bed hence bedpan will be used in this case.
The knee gatch is a mechanism of elevating the bed of the patient. In knee surgery raising the knee gatch can help the patient to get more comfortable.
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