A nurse assesses a client with paraplegia from a spinal cord injury and notes reddened areas
over the client's hips and sacrum. What actions would the nurse take? (Select all that apply)
a. Apply a barrier cream to protect the skin from excoriation.
b. Perform range-of-motion (ROM) exercises for the hip joint.
c. Reposition the client off of the reddened areas.
d. Get the client out of bed and into a chair several times a day.
e. Apply a pressure-reducing mattress.