Musculoskeletal HESI

Musculoskeletal HESI Non-weight bearing with crutches has been prescribed for a client with a leg injury. The nurse provides teaching before ambulation is begun. To facilitate walking with crutches, what is the most important activity the nurse should teach the client? - ANSWER-Exercise the triceps, finger flexors, and elbow extensors. A client with cancer is scheduled for a bone scan to determine the presence of metastasis. The nurse evaluates that the teaching before the scheduled bone scan is effective when the client makes which comment? - ANSWER-"A substance of low radioactivity will be injected into my vein and my body inspected by an instrument to detect where it is deposited." Which term should the nurse use to describe a flat, poorly defined mass on the sole over a bony prominence caused by pressure? - ANSWER-Callus A nurse performs full range-of-motion exercises on a client's extremities. When putting an ankle through range-of-motion exercises, what must the nurse perform - ANSWER-Dorsiflexion, plantar flexion, eversion, and inversion A nurse is providing postoperative teaching to