Exam 77: Management of Clients with Rheumatic Disorders

The nurse planning teaching for the client with ankylosing spondylitis includes information on which drug?

A client is being evaluated for SLE. The nurse would be concerned when the client lists which drug as one of his/her routine medications?

A client with RA asks the nurse about the purpose of a synovectomy. The most appropriate response from the nurse is "This operation will provide you with

A client has dermatomyositis. The nurse will include priority interventions in the care plan provisions to meet the problem of

To help promote sleep for a client with RA, the nurse would recommend

The intervention the client with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can do that is most effective in preserving motor function during periods when the affected joints are not inflamed is

A client newly diagnosed with RA is depressed after the nurse provides education on the disease process. Important interventions the nurse can offer include helping the client

A client who has dermatomyositis (DM) and is receiving high-dose steroids needs surgery for an unrelated problem. The surgeon orders the steroids to be stopped at midnight the night before surgery. The most appropriate action by the nurse is to

The nursing assessment of clients with SLE should focus most intensely on the presence of the common and serious sequela of this disorder, which is

The nurse caring for a client with systemic sclerosis should include in the teaching plan the measure to prevent pain and injury, which is

A client with RA is anxious to perform all of her activities of daily living. The nurse can best help the client by encouraging

An important health promotion measure the nurse would advise the client beginning therapy with hydroxychloroquine for RA would be to

When the nurse is caring for a client with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), the highest-priority nursing diagnosis would be

A client with ankylosing spondylitis has severe kyphosis. The nurse planning care for this client would provide priority interventions to

The nursing care plan should be modified for a client with RA who develops Sjögren's syndrome to include

A client has just been admitted to the nursing unit with the diagnosis of CREST syndrome. The findings the nurse would expect to note during the assessment are (Select all that apply)

The nurse explains that one of the few rheumatic joint diseases about which we know the infectious etiology is

The nurse performing an assessment on a client with fibromyalgia syndrome asks about the most common clinical manifestation, which is

The nurse clarifies that a client can be diagnosed with RA when, out of the seven criteria, the client exhibits

The caution the nurse should give the client who is taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as a remedy for arthritis is to