Exam 34: The Child With Musculoskeletal or Articular Dysfunction

The nurse is conducting preoperative teaching to parents and their child about an external fixation device.What should the nurse include in the teaching session?

An adolescent comes to the school nurse after experiencing shin splints during a track meet.What reassurance should the nurse offer?

What is an important nursing consideration when caring for a child with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)?

The health care provider has prescribed azathioprine (Imuran)1 mg/kg/day PO for a child with juvenile arthritis.The child weighs 77 lb.The nurse is preparing to administer the daily dose.Calculate the dose the nurse should administer in milligrams.Record your answer below in a whole number. _______

What statement is correct regarding sports injuries during adolescence?

The health care provider has prescribed hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil)5 mg/kg/day PO divided bid for a child with systemic lupus erythematosus.The child weighs 66 lb.The nurse is preparing to administer the 0900 dose.Calculate the dose the nurse should administer in milligrams.Record your answer below in a whole number. _________

A young girl has just injured her ankle at school.In addition to notifying the child's parents,what is the most appropriate,immediate action by the school nurse?

The nurse stops to assist an adolescent who has experienced severe trauma when hit by a motorcycle.The emergency medical system (EMS)has been activated.The first person who provided assistance applied a tourniquet to the child's leg because of arterial bleeding.What should the nurse do related to the tourniquet?

The nurse is teaching infant care to parents with an infant who has been diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI).What should the nurse include in the teaching session?

The nurse is caring for an immobilized preschool child.What intervention is helpful during this period of immobilization?

The nurse is caring for a child immobilized because of Russel traction.What interventions should the nurse implement to prevent renal calculi?

A neonate is born with mild clubfeet.When the parents ask the nurse how this will be corrected,what should the nurse explain?

Parents are considering treatment options for their 5-year-old child with Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.Both surgical and conservative therapies are appropriate.They are able to verbalize the differences between the therapies when they make what statement?

What is the primary method of treating osteomyelitis?

Match the type of fracture to its definition. -Crosswise at right angles to the long axis of the bone

Match the type of fracture to its definition. -Small fragments of bone are broken from the fractured shaft and lie in the surrounding tissue

A 14-year-old is admitted to the emergency department with a fracture of the right humerus epiphyseal plate through the joint surface.What information does the nurse know regarding this type of fracture?

Immobilization causes what effect on metabolism?

What statement is true concerning osteogenesis imperfecta (OI)?

A 17-year-old patient is returning to the surgical unit after Luque instrumentation for scoliosis repair.In addition to the usual postoperative care,what additional intervention will be needed?