Exam 60: Nursing Management: Musculoskeletal Problems

A 67-year-old patient is receiving IV antibiotics at home to treat chronic osteomyelitis of the left femur.The nurse chooses a nursing diagnosis of ineffective health maintenance when the nurse finds that the patient

The nurse instructs a patient who has osteosarcoma of the tibia about a scheduled above-the-knee amputation.Which statement by a patient indicates that additional patient teaching is needed?

The nurse will determine that more teaching is needed if a patient with discomfort from a bunion says,"I will

A patient with osteomyelitis is to receive vancomycin (Vancocin)500 mg IV every 6 hours.The vancomycin is diluted in 100 mL of normal saline and needs to be administered over 1 hour.The nurse will set the IV pump for how many mL/minute? (Round to the nearest hundredth.)

An appropriate nursing intervention for a patient who has acute low back pain and muscle spasms is to teach the patient to