answers
A client is using a cane, which of the following instructions should the nurse
provide? Ans✓✓✓ Look straight ahead while ambulating
A client is using crutches, which of the following instructions should the nurse
provide? Ans✓✓✓ Use the hands, not axillae, to support weight
Place crutches slightly ahead of the feet
A measure of a patient's metabolic rate could be determined using? Ans✓✓✓
Indirect calorimetry
A patient who has undergone cataract extraction is preparing to go home, the
nurse reinforces which of the following? Ans✓✓✓ Avoid sleeping on the
operative side
A sprain is? Ans✓✓✓ Tearing of ligaments that occurs at a joint
Appropriate education for post surgical clients? Ans✓✓✓ Do not flex beyond a
90 degrees
Assessment parameters for circulation and control of hemmorhage include?
Ans✓✓✓ Level of conciousness
Skin color
Temperature
Cap refill time
, Pulses
BP (blood pressure)
HR (heart rate)
Client with glaucoma is receiving eye drops, what should the nurse do first?
Ans✓✓✓ Perform hand hygiene and apply gloves
Contractures are? Ans✓✓✓ Adaptive shortening and stiffening of muscles
For inner ear disorders (a.k.a Menirie's disease) with veritigo, the provider may
order a low-sodium diet? Ans✓✓✓ True
How can you prevent footdrop? Ans✓✓✓ By using a footboard
It would be beneficial for 65-year-old women to consume foods with calcium that
are well absorbed such as? Ans✓✓✓ Yogurt
Osteoarthritis Ans✓✓✓ Degenerative joint disease
Passive range of motion exercises are done? Ans✓✓✓ When a patient cannot
move on their own
Postoperative medical emergencies include? Ans✓✓✓ Severe pain not controlled
by Tylenol