BASIC CARE AND COMFORT=NCLEX Test Questions and Answers 2024 Update 100% Solved

BASIC CARE AND COMFORT=NCLEX Test Questions and Answers 2024 Update 100% Solved SPRAIN Injury involving the LIGAMENTS surrounding a joint STRAIN Injury to the MUSCLE TISSUE or TENDON FRACTURE Beak in the continuity of bone MUSCULOSKETAL INJURIES MGT Rest Ice Compression Elavate INITIAL MUSCULOSKETAL INJURY MGT Compression= Prevent movement, further injury. COMPRESSION TYPES SLING SPLINT BANDAGE MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES SIGNS/SYMPTOMS Pain Abnormal motion Soft tissue edema Obvious deformity Discoloration Musculoskeletal Injury 5 P's Paresthesia=Numb/Tingling Pain=Unrelieved Pallor/Cold Pulselessness Paralysis Musculoskeletal Injury focus assessment The area distal (away from) the injury MUSCULOSKELETAL NERVE COMPROMISED Parathesia Pain Paralysis MUSCULOSKELETAL CIRCULATION COMPROMISED Pain Pallor/Cold Pulselessness FRACTURE COMPLICATIONS Compartment Syndrome= built up pressure in a area that cant expand. COMPARTMENT SYNDROME ASSESSMENT Neurovascular 5 P's Cyanosis ACUTE ONSET=REPORT DISUSE SYNDROME Contractures and Muscle atrophy D/T inactivity FAT EMBOLISM Fat globules released after 48-72 hrs of long bone (stores yellow bone marrow/fat) REPORT STAT FAT EMBOLISM SIGNS/SYMPTOMS HYPOXIA/DYSPNEA=FAT CLOTS NEUROLOGIC ABNORMALITIES= LETHARGIC PETECHIAE RASH= BUE CONSTIPATION IMMOBILITY=EXPECTED PLASTER OF PARIS CAST AFFORDABLE DRYS 36-48 HRS HEAVY