Exam 45: Musculoskeletal Function and Assessment

The nurse is collecting data for a patient who is reporting pain in the hand joints.What question should the nurse ask to determine the quality of the pain?

The nurse is collecting data for a patient's health history as part of the musculoskeletal system assessment.What should the nurse include when collecting this data? (Select all that apply.)

A patient is suspected as having a fractured skull.When explaining this pathology to the patient,how should the nurse describe the joints between the cranial bones?

The nurse is gathering functional data on a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.Which of these areas should be included?

The nurse is reinforcing teaching provided to a patient scheduled for an arthrocentesis.Which patient statement indicates understanding of the planned procedure?

The nurse is caring for a patient who is to have a needle biopsy of a tumor in the right calf.Which patient statement indicates correct understanding of the teaching?

The nurse is collecting data for a patient who is reporting pain in the right hip.Which question should the nurse ask to determine the severity of the pain?

A patient in a motor vehicle crash has injuries to bones of the appendicular skeleton.Which bones should the nurse expect to support when caring for this patient? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is collecting data on a patient with a crushing injury to the lower extremities. Which serum creatine kinase (CK)result should the nurse review and report to the physician?

A patient with a neurological illness has lost the function of opposing muscle antagonists.What should the nurse expect to assess in this patient?

A patient is diagnosed with fractured thoracic vertebrae from a motor vehicle crash.Which other structure should the nurse suspect may have been damaged during this accident?

The nurse is collecting data for a patient who is reporting pain in the left wrist.What question should the nurse use to address the region of the pain?

The nurse is reinforcing teaching for a patient who has severe arthritis and is having an x-ray.Which patient statement indicates teaching has been effective?