Exam 43: Amputations

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:

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

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

To prevent the loss of calcium and protein,the nurse reminds the patient with a recent below-the-knee amputation that he should:

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

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:

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

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:

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:

To reduce the possibility of hip contractures in a patient with an above-the-knee amputation,the nurse periodically places the patient in a _________________ position.

The greatest danger in the early postoperative period after an amputation is:

Because of the anticoagulant in the saliva of leeches,they are used to treat which one of the following in the patient who has undergone replantation of a body part?

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