Chapter 41: Management of Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders 2

"You will receive IV antibiotics for 3 to 6 weeks."

A nurse is planning discharge instructions for the client with osteomyelitis. What instructions should the nurse include in the discharge teaching?

"Ergonomic changes can be incorporated into your workday to reduce stress on your wrist."

A nurse is teaching a client who was recently diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. Which statement should the nurse include?

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A client with osteoporosis is prescribed calcitonin 100 units subcutaneously. The medication is available 200 units per ml. How many milliliters will the nurse administer to the client?

avoid overreaching.

Instructions for the client with low back pain include that, when lifting, the client should

places the load close to the body.

The nurse is educating a client with low back pain on proper lifting techniques. The nurse recognizes that the education was effective when the client

Quadriceps

The nurse is educating the patient with low back pain about the proper way to lift objects. What muscle should the nurse encourage the patient to maximize?

common adverse effects

A client has experienced increasing pain and progressing inflammation of the hands and feet. The rheumatologist has prescribed NSAID use to treat the condition. What client education is most important for the nurse to address with the use of these medications?

Chlorpheniramine

A nurse is caring for a client with eczema. Which medication would be prescribed when an allergy is a factor causing the skin disorder?

Sit in a straight-backed chair with arm rests. Avoid hip extension. Place feet flat on the floor. Sit with the buttocks "tucked under."

A provider asks the nurse to teach a client with low back pain how to sit in order to minimize pressure on the spine. Which teaching points would the nurse include? Select all that apply.

Immobilize the client's arm.

A nurse notices a client lying on the floor at the bottom of the stairs. The client is alert and oriented and denies pain other than in the arm, which is swollen and appears deformed. After calling for help, what should the nurse do?