Exam 43: Amputations

The nurse includes in postoperative care for a patient with replantation of the right thumb the implementations of:

An appropriate outcome for a nursing diagnosis,"Anxiety,related to perceived threat of disability," would be:

A closed amputation is usually performed to:

The patient who has a below-the-elbow prosthesis shows the home health care nurse the residual limb,which is red,edematous,and warm to the touch.The nurse instructs the patient to:

The patient who had a below-the-knee amputation 24 hours earlier is complaining of burning pain in his left foot.The most helpful intervention is to:

An amputation of a gangrenous limb that is left open for 10 days before closure is classified as a ________________ amputation.

The child comes to the school nurse with his index finger partially amputated and hanging by a shred of skin and muscle.The nurse should:

To diminish swelling of the residual limb in the postoperative period after an above-the-knee amputation,the nurse should:

The home health care nurse suspects a neuroma in a patient who had an above-the-knee amputation 1 month earlier when the patient complains of:

Patient verbalization of microvascular precautions is a criterion for measuring the achievement the outcome of:

The nurse modifies a teaching plan for an older adult who has had an above-the-knee amputation by:

The nurse is aware that a thermographic finding of cool spots in a certain area indicates:

The nurse points out the major situational occurrences that lead to amputations are:

The nurse clarifies that the precise term for the patient's amputation,which will be through the knee joint,is called ____________________.

The postoperative observation that must be reported to the physician immediately is:

During the admission of a patient scheduled for an amputation,the patient relates that she is a practicing Orthodox Jew.The nurse should make arrangements for:

The nurse,when selecting possible nursing diagnoses for the 32-year-old patient who is in anticipatory grieving for an upcoming bilateral above-the-knee amputation,would consider:

The nurse conducting the safety seminar reminds the audience that upper extremity amputations are most frequently caused by trauma.The highest incidence of this type of amputation is in:

Late signs of hemorrhage in the postoperative period after an amputation include:

The nurse explains that the routine preoperative diagnostic tests for a patient anticipating a below-the-knee amputation are: