Unitek College – VN 100 PN Learning
System Medical-Surgical:
Musculoskeletal Practice Quiz
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has osteomyelitis of
an open wound on his heel. Which of the following information
should the nurse include?
Your provider might prescribe a central catheter line for long-term
antibiotic therapy.
A nurse is collecting data from a client who is 48 hr postoperative
following open reduction and internal fixation of a fractured tibia.
Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the
provider?
Toes cold to the touch.
A nurse is caring for a client who had a fiberglass cast placed on her
left arm several hours ago and now reports itching under the cast.
Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
Use a hair dryer on a cool setting to blow air into the cast.
System Medical-Surgical:
Musculoskeletal Practice Quiz
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has osteomyelitis of
an open wound on his heel. Which of the following information
should the nurse include?
Your provider might prescribe a central catheter line for long-term
antibiotic therapy.
A nurse is collecting data from a client who is 48 hr postoperative
following open reduction and internal fixation of a fractured tibia.
Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the
provider?
Toes cold to the touch.
A nurse is caring for a client who had a fiberglass cast placed on her
left arm several hours ago and now reports itching under the cast.
Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
Use a hair dryer on a cool setting to blow air into the cast.
