Basic Care and Comfort NCLEX Actual
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
SPRAIN - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Injury involving the LIGAMENTS surrounding a joint
STRAIN - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Injury to the MUSCLE TISSUE or TENDON
FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Beak in the continuity of bone
MUSCULOSKETAL INJURIES MGT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rest
Ice
Compression
Elavate
INITIAL MUSCULOSKETAL INJURY MGT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Compression=
Prevent movement, further injury.
COMPRESSION TYPES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SLING
SPLINT
BANDAGE
MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES SIGNS/SYMPTOMS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pain
Abnormal motion
Soft tissue edema
Obvious deformity
Discoloration
Musculoskeletal Injury 5 P's - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Paresthesia=Numb/Tingling
Pain=Unrelieved
Pallor/Cold
,Pulselessness
Paralysis
Musculoskeletal Injury focus assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The area distal (away
from) the injury
MUSCULOSKELETAL NERVE COMPROMISED - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Parathesia
Pain
Paralysis
MUSCULOSKELETAL CIRCULATION COMPROMISED - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Pain
Pallor/Cold
Pulselessness
FRACTURE COMPLICATIONS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Compartment Syndrome=
built up pressure in a area that cant expand.
COMPARTMENT SYNDROME ASSESSMENT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Neurovascular
5 P's
Cyanosis
ACUTE ONSET=REPORT
DISUSE SYNDROME - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Contractures and Muscle atrophy D/T
inactivity
FAT EMBOLISM - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Fat globules released after 48-72 hrs of long
bone (stores yellow bone marrow/fat)
REPORT STAT
, FAT EMBOLISM SIGNS/SYMPTOMS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
HYPOXIA/DYSPNEA=FAT CLOTS
NEUROLOGIC ABNORMALITIES= LETHARGIC
PETECHIAE RASH= BUE
CONSTIPATION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- IMMOBILITY=EXPECTED
PLASTER OF PARIS CAST - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- AFFORDABLE
DRYS 36-48 HRS
HEAVY
FIBERGLASS CAST - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- COSTLY
DRYS 20-30 MINUTES
LIGHT
CAST MANAGMENT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Use palm of hand
Isometric ROM
Elevate with pillow, firm mattress, soft surface
Check circulation
Petal edges when dry
Clean with damp cloth
Cool air dryer if itching
Do Not= cover with blanket or wet
SKIN TRACTIONS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 4.5 TO 8 lbs
Short term
Skin care q shift
Monitor= infection/irritation
BRYANTS
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
SPRAIN - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Injury involving the LIGAMENTS surrounding a joint
STRAIN - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Injury to the MUSCLE TISSUE or TENDON
FRACTURE - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Beak in the continuity of bone
MUSCULOSKETAL INJURIES MGT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Rest
Ice
Compression
Elavate
INITIAL MUSCULOSKETAL INJURY MGT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Compression=
Prevent movement, further injury.
COMPRESSION TYPES - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- SLING
SPLINT
BANDAGE
MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES SIGNS/SYMPTOMS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pain
Abnormal motion
Soft tissue edema
Obvious deformity
Discoloration
Musculoskeletal Injury 5 P's - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Paresthesia=Numb/Tingling
Pain=Unrelieved
Pallor/Cold
,Pulselessness
Paralysis
Musculoskeletal Injury focus assessment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The area distal (away
from) the injury
MUSCULOSKELETAL NERVE COMPROMISED - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Parathesia
Pain
Paralysis
MUSCULOSKELETAL CIRCULATION COMPROMISED - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Pain
Pallor/Cold
Pulselessness
FRACTURE COMPLICATIONS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Compartment Syndrome=
built up pressure in a area that cant expand.
COMPARTMENT SYNDROME ASSESSMENT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Neurovascular
5 P's
Cyanosis
ACUTE ONSET=REPORT
DISUSE SYNDROME - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Contractures and Muscle atrophy D/T
inactivity
FAT EMBOLISM - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Fat globules released after 48-72 hrs of long
bone (stores yellow bone marrow/fat)
REPORT STAT
, FAT EMBOLISM SIGNS/SYMPTOMS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
HYPOXIA/DYSPNEA=FAT CLOTS
NEUROLOGIC ABNORMALITIES= LETHARGIC
PETECHIAE RASH= BUE
CONSTIPATION - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- IMMOBILITY=EXPECTED
PLASTER OF PARIS CAST - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- AFFORDABLE
DRYS 36-48 HRS
HEAVY
FIBERGLASS CAST - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- COSTLY
DRYS 20-30 MINUTES
LIGHT
CAST MANAGMENT - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Use palm of hand
Isometric ROM
Elevate with pillow, firm mattress, soft surface
Check circulation
Petal edges when dry
Clean with damp cloth
Cool air dryer if itching
Do Not= cover with blanket or wet
SKIN TRACTIONS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 4.5 TO 8 lbs
Short term
Skin care q shift
Monitor= infection/irritation
BRYANTS
