Exam 42: Fractures

The older adult patient is at risk for constipation after sustaining a pelvic fracture.The nutritional suggestion that the nurse would make is:

The patient who has osteomyelitis after multiple fractures inquires what the physician meant when he said that surgery would follow the antibiotic therapy.The nurse's most helpful reply is to explain that surgery will be performed to:

The nurse would teach the older patient with a newly casted Colles fracture to:

The nurse performing a neurovascular assessment of the patient in skeletal traction assesses the abnormal sign of:

A fracture that occurs because of osteoporosis is classified as a _____________ fracture.

The nurse would choose the nursing diagnoses with the highest priority after surgery for the open reduction and external fixation of an ankle,which is:

When the patient with a fractured pelvis says that she will not ambulate because of pain,the nurse cautions that early ambulation will prevent:

The older patient who sustained a fractured hip and femur in a motor vehicle accident is to be in Russell traction for several weeks; consequently,the nurse will focus care on:

Delayed union of a fracture can be attributed to: (Select all that apply.)

The patient who sustained a simple fracture of the left fibula 7 days earlier asks in what stage of bone healing he might be.The nurse replies that at 7 days,the patient would be in the stage of:

Because the patient has a compound fracture,the nurse should:

A patient with bilateral avascular necrosis of the hips is to walk with crutches using a four-point gait for 6 weeks after her bone decompression surgeries.Which statement would indicate that the patient understands this technique?

When an older woman falls down at church and immediately complains of severe pain in her left hip,the choir director recognizes the cardinal sign of a fractured hip when he sees:

In dealing with the weights that are applying traction,the nurse should:

The nurse uses a diagram to show the process of a fractured bone healing.(Arrange the options in the appropriate sequence.)

In caring for a patient just admitted with a pelvic fracture,the assessment that would cause the most concern is:

The nurse assisting with the application of a short arm plaster cast application would take special care to:

The nurse who is documenting and reporting the signs and symptoms of an infection underneath a cast would include:

The properly fitted crutch will be: (Select all that apply.)

The patient with the crushed forearm cannot get pain relief with opioid medications.The injury is swollen,cool,and cyanotic,with weak distal pulses.The nurse assesses that this is a(n):