Mobility Practice Questions And Correct Answers

MOBILITY PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
1. A nurse is reposi-
INCORRECT Option 1: The right leg should be supported on a pillow
tioning a patient
in front of the left leg.
to the left lateral
po- sition. What INCORRECT Option 2: This excessive flexion can result in contractures
action should the of the hip and knee if permitted to remain in this position
nurse im- plement extensively.
when posi- tioning
this patient? INCORRECT Option 3: The ankles should be maintained at 90
degrees.
1. Rest the right
leg on top of the Correct: Option 4: In the left lateral (side-lying) position, the left arm is
left leg positioned in front of the body with the shoulder pulled forward
(protracted).
2. This reduces the pressure on the joint in the shoulder and the
acromial
Maintain knee flex-
ion at ninety de- that the toes are pointed toward the
grees ceiling?
3. Place the ankles
in plantar flexion 1. Supination
4. Left shoulder 2. Adduction
pro- tracted

2. A nurse is per-
forming passive
range-of-motion
ex- ercises for a
patient who is in
the supine
position. Which
mo- tion occurs
when the nurse
bends the pa-
tient's ankle so


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ANSWERS
process. anterior portion of the lower leg.




INCORRECT Option 1:
Supination occurs when the
hand and forearm rotate so
that the palm of the hand is
facing upward.

INCORRECT Option 2: Adduction
occurs when an arm or leg
moves toward and/or beyond
the midline of the body.

CORRECT: Option 3: Dorsal
flexion (dorsiflexion) of the
joint of the ankle occurs
when the toes of the foot
point upward and backward
toward the anterior portion
of the lower leg.

INCORRECT Option 4: There is
no range of motion called
plantar extension. Plantar
flexion occurs when the joint of
the ankle is in extension by
pointing the toes of the foot
downward and away from the


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ANSWERS
3. Dorsal flexion
4. Plantar
extension
CORRECT Option 1:The shoulder, a ball-and-socket joint, flexes by
3. The nurse raises
raising the arm from a position by the side of the body forward and
a patient's arm
upward to a position beside the head.
over the head
during range-of- INCORRECT Option 2: Supination occurs when the hand and
motion ex- forearm rotate so that the palm of the hand is facing upward.
ercises. What
word should the INCORRECT Option 3: Opposition is the touching of the thumb of
nurse the hand to each fingertip of the same hand.
use when
document- ing INCORRECT Option 4: Hyperextension of the arm occurs by
exactly what moving an arm from a resting position at the side of the body to a
was done during position behind the body.
range-of-motion
ex- ercises?

1. Flexion
2. Supination
3. Opposition INCORRECT Option 1: External rotation of the shoulder, a ball-and-
4. Hyperextension socket joint, occurs when the upper arm is held parallel to the
floor, the elbow is at a 90-degree angle, and the fingers are
4. The nurse turns pointing toward the floor and the person moves the arm upward
the palm of a so that the fingers point toward the ceiling.
pa- tient's hand
down-
ward when
perform-
ing range-of-
motion
exercises. What word INCORRECT Option 2:Circumduction of the shoulder, a ball-and-


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ANSWERS
socket joint,
should the nurse occurs when an extended arm moves forward, up, back, and down in
use when a full circle.
document- ing
exactly what was INCORRECT Option 3:Lateral flexion of the hand occurs with both
done? abduction (radial flexion) and adduction (ulnar flexion). With the hand
supinated, radial flexion occurs by bending the wrist laterally toward
1. External the thumb and ulnar flexion occurs by bending the wrist laterally
rotation toward the fifth finger.