PN1 Exam #1 Review Questions with 100% Correct Answers

Fall prevention that can be done for pt? Correct Answer -Adjust lighting -Place call light within reach - Answer call lights quickly - Clean, dry floors -Personal items within reach -Home safety checks -balance/strengthening exercises What is primary nursing intervention for paget's disease? Correct Answer Pain control How should nurses maintain good body mechanics? Correct Answer Proper alignment, wide base of support, avoid bending & twisting, squat to lift, raise beds, keep objects close when lifting, & assistive devices. What meds put patients at risk for falls? Correct Answer Sedatives, narcotics, BP med, diuretics Who should PROM be used for? Correct Answer -Clients who cannot move themselves -Ex. paraplegic, coma pts, BEDREST Paget's disease causes/symptoms/interventions/treatments? Correct Answer -Paget's disease is primarily genetic, some environmental factors -Symptoms include pain, increase temp over affected bone, localized symptoms. -Medication therapy; Acetaminophen and NSAIDs hypercalcemia is associate with which disease process? Correct Answer Paget's disease Symptoms of acute osteomyelitis? Correct Answer Fever, swelling around affected area, erythema, tenderness of affected area, constant pulsating bone pain. Symptoms of chronic osteomyelitis? Correct Answer -Cause by foot ulcer -Sinus tract formation -Localized pain -Drainage from affected area Cause of osteomyelitis? Correct Answer Bone infection -Exogenous: bacteria comes from outside body -Endo: comes from bloodstream of different area -Contiguous: Skin infection from adjacent tissue