Exam 32: Care of Patients with Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disorders

A patient presents to the emergency department immediately after an injury.An x-ray has been ordered for a suspected dislocation.Before confirmation by x-ray,which finding(s)support the potential diagnosis?

Match the fracture type to the description that characterizes it. -Bone shattered in more than two pieces

Which statement(s)accurately describe the advantage(s)of fiberglass casts?

The nurse is caring for a patient who works as a legal secretary.The patient asks the nurse about ways to avoid developing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).Which action should the nurse suggest?

The industrial nurse examines an employee who complains of right shoulder pain on abduction.He points with one finger to the exact location of the pain and mentions that he won a racquetball tournament yesterday.The nurse suspects the employee is suffering from which problem?

The nurse is educating a patient going home with a short arm synthetic cast.Which instructions should the nurse include in the teaching plan?

Place the steps of the process of fracture healing in proper order. -Step 3

Match the type of fracture stabilization with the characteristics that best describe it.(The options can be used once, more than once, or not at all.) -Reduction of fracture through surgical incision

Place the steps of the process of fracture healing in proper order. -Step 4

Place the steps of the process of fracture healing in proper order. -Step 5

An 80-year-old man falls and suffers a compound fracture of the femur.Which immediate action is most appropriate?

Match the fracture type to the description that characterizes it. -Bone is partially broken and partially bent

Match the fracture type to the description that characterizes it. -Bone that is in two distinct pieces

Match the type of fracture stabilization with the characteristics that best describe it.(The options can be used once, more than once, or not at all.) -Used with infected fractures that do not heal properly

The patient is returning to the unit with a wet long leg cast.To prevent damage to the wet cast,what action(s)should the nurse take?

The nurse explains that the "C" in the acronym RICE for sprain treatment stands for _______.

Match the type of fracture stabilization with the characteristics that best describe it.(The options can be used once, more than once, or not at all.) -Used with older adults when brittle bones do not heal quickly

The nurse is instructing a patient with rheumatoid arthritis about a prescribed exercise program.Which information should the nurse include?

Match the fracture type to the description that characterizes it. -Fracture bone end protruding through skin

Match the type of fracture stabilization with the characteristics that best describe it.(The options can be used once, more than once, or not at all.) -Reduction of fracture and fixation to device that maintains alignment