Med-Serg Ch 35

Vitamin D

A client is recovering from a fractured hip. What would the nurse suggest that the client increase intake of to facilitate calcium absorption from food and supplements?

bursitis

A client tells the health care provider about shoulder pain that is present even without any strenuous movement. The health care provider identifies a sac filled with synovial fluid. What condition will the nurse educate the client about?

"I should use my heating pad this evening to reduce some of the pain in my knee."

A client undergoes an arthroscopy at the outpatient clinic. After the procedure, the nurse provides discharge teaching. Which response by the client indicates the need for further teaching?

Supination.

A nurse practitioner assesses a patient's movement in his left hand after a cast is removed. The nurse asks the patient to turn his wrist so the palm of his hand is facing up. This movement is known as:

Platelets White blood cells (WBCs) Red blood cells (RBCs

Red bone marrow produces which of the following? Select all that apply.

The fracture is on the diaphysis.

The emergency room nurse is reporting the location of a fracture to the client's primary care physician. When stating the location of the fracture on the long shaft of the femur, the nurse would be most correct to state which terminology locating the fractured site?

Cochlear implant

The nurse is caring for a client scheduled to have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The nurse contacts the health care provider to cancel the MRI when the nurse reads which element in the client's medical history?

prednisone

The nurse is conducting a medication reconciliation with a client admitted with a fracture. What medication predisposes a client for a risk for fractures?

atrophy of right calf muscle.

The nurse is performing a musculoskeletal assessment of a client in a nursing home who had a stroke 2 years ago and who has right-sided hemiplegia. The nurse notes that the girth of the client's right calf is 2 inches less in diameter than the left calf. The nurse attributes the decreased girth to

Dusky or mottled skin color

The nurse is performing a neurovascular assessment of a client's injured extremity. Which would the nurse report?

Are you wearing any jewelry?" "Have you removed your hearing aid?" "Do you have a pacemaker?"

The nurse is preparing the client with a right neck mass for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Which question should the nurse ask? Select all that apply.

Gout

The nurse is reporting on the results of client blood work to the oncoming nurse. Upon reviewing the data, it is noted that the client has an elevated uric acid level. Which inflammatory process would the nurse screen for on shift rounds?

Adduction

Which body movement involves moving toward the midline?

Electromyograph (EMG)

Which diagnostic test would the nurse expect to be ordered for a client with lower extremity muscle weakness?

Calcitonin

Which hormone inhibits bone reabsorption and increases calcium deposit in the bone?

Calcitonin

Which hormone inhibits bone resorption and increases the deposit of calcium in the bone?

Arthrocentesis

Which of the following diagnostic studies are done to relieve joint pain due to effusion?

Knee

Which of the following is the most common site of joint effusion?

Ask the client to plantar flex the toes.

he nurse is performing a neurological assessment. What will this assessment include?