Orthopedic Nursing Exam Study Questions and
Answers| Latest Version 2024-25
There are three kinds of joints what are those? - ✔✔1. Synarthosis
2. Amphiarthrosis
3. Diarthrosis
This Joint is responsible for the Limited Motions - ✔✔Amphiarthrosis
This joint is responsible for Immovable bones like skull - ✔✔Synarthrosis
This joint is responsible for the freely moving bones - ✔✔Diarthrosis
Diarthrosis has 5 types, what are those? - ✔✔1. Ball and Socket Joints
2. Hinge Joints
3. Saddle Joints
4. Pivot Joints
5. Gliding Joints
This membrane lines the capsule which secretes lubricating and shock absorbing the synovial
fluid into the Joint Capsule - ✔✔Synovium - Key word mo na dito is shock absorption
This structure is synovial fluid filled sac that cushions the movement of tendons, ligaments, and
bones at a point of friction (Parag sya yung taga stop for over extension) - ✔✔Bursa -
Keyword mo na dito is yung "Cushion" tsaka "Synovial Fluid Sac"
Ano nama yung Synovial Fluid? - ✔✔Lubricant yan ng joints mo beb
,What are the purposes of your cast? - ✔✔Remember: CAST
1. Correct Deformity
2. Apply Uniform pressure to underlying soft tissue
3. Support and stabilize weakened Joints
4. Tigil ang pag galaw (Immobilize) the fractured bone
There are two cast materials, what are those? - ✔✔Fiberglass and Plaster Cast
How long does plaster cast to dry? - ✔✔24 to 72 hrs
How long does fiberglass cast to dry? - ✔✔10 to 15 mins (Can bear weight after 30 mins)
Which is more costly, fiberglass or plaster cast? - ✔✔Fiberglass
This plaster is a roll of crinoline with powdered anhydrous calcium sulfate mixed with water
that swells and form into a hard cement - ✔✔Plaster Cast
There are 3 cast techniques, what are those? - ✔✔Windowing, Bivalving, and Reinforcing
What are the purposes of Bivalving? - ✔✔Remember: RIX
Relieving possible cast tightness
Inspection of the casted extremity
X-ray
, How is Bivalving performed by the Doctors? - ✔✔Cutting the cast into two halves
What are the purposes of Reinforcing? - ✔✔Regaining it's strength in case of wetting the
cast which resulted to it's instability
Kailan ginagawa yug Reinforcing? - ✔✔From the term itself reinforcing, done to reinforce
yung gumalaw/lumuwag na part ng cast.
What is Windowing? - ✔✔Putting a hole o a cast on the site of an open wound of the casted
extremities
What are the purposes of Windowing? - ✔✔Remember VIDA:
Visualization
Inspection
Dressing
Application of medication
What would be your nursing Nursing Considerations for Cast Application? - ✔✔1. Inform for
warm sensation
2. Handle the damp plaster cast with palms of the hand
3. Controlling Swelling and pain
4. Manage Skin irritation
5. Check neurovascular status (8Ps)
How do you control the pain and swelling for cast? - ✔✔Remember EPI:
Elevation of legs
Answers| Latest Version 2024-25
There are three kinds of joints what are those? - ✔✔1. Synarthosis
2. Amphiarthrosis
3. Diarthrosis
This Joint is responsible for the Limited Motions - ✔✔Amphiarthrosis
This joint is responsible for Immovable bones like skull - ✔✔Synarthrosis
This joint is responsible for the freely moving bones - ✔✔Diarthrosis
Diarthrosis has 5 types, what are those? - ✔✔1. Ball and Socket Joints
2. Hinge Joints
3. Saddle Joints
4. Pivot Joints
5. Gliding Joints
This membrane lines the capsule which secretes lubricating and shock absorbing the synovial
fluid into the Joint Capsule - ✔✔Synovium - Key word mo na dito is shock absorption
This structure is synovial fluid filled sac that cushions the movement of tendons, ligaments, and
bones at a point of friction (Parag sya yung taga stop for over extension) - ✔✔Bursa -
Keyword mo na dito is yung "Cushion" tsaka "Synovial Fluid Sac"
Ano nama yung Synovial Fluid? - ✔✔Lubricant yan ng joints mo beb
,What are the purposes of your cast? - ✔✔Remember: CAST
1. Correct Deformity
2. Apply Uniform pressure to underlying soft tissue
3. Support and stabilize weakened Joints
4. Tigil ang pag galaw (Immobilize) the fractured bone
There are two cast materials, what are those? - ✔✔Fiberglass and Plaster Cast
How long does plaster cast to dry? - ✔✔24 to 72 hrs
How long does fiberglass cast to dry? - ✔✔10 to 15 mins (Can bear weight after 30 mins)
Which is more costly, fiberglass or plaster cast? - ✔✔Fiberglass
This plaster is a roll of crinoline with powdered anhydrous calcium sulfate mixed with water
that swells and form into a hard cement - ✔✔Plaster Cast
There are 3 cast techniques, what are those? - ✔✔Windowing, Bivalving, and Reinforcing
What are the purposes of Bivalving? - ✔✔Remember: RIX
Relieving possible cast tightness
Inspection of the casted extremity
X-ray
, How is Bivalving performed by the Doctors? - ✔✔Cutting the cast into two halves
What are the purposes of Reinforcing? - ✔✔Regaining it's strength in case of wetting the
cast which resulted to it's instability
Kailan ginagawa yug Reinforcing? - ✔✔From the term itself reinforcing, done to reinforce
yung gumalaw/lumuwag na part ng cast.
What is Windowing? - ✔✔Putting a hole o a cast on the site of an open wound of the casted
extremities
What are the purposes of Windowing? - ✔✔Remember VIDA:
Visualization
Inspection
Dressing
Application of medication
What would be your nursing Nursing Considerations for Cast Application? - ✔✔1. Inform for
warm sensation
2. Handle the damp plaster cast with palms of the hand
3. Controlling Swelling and pain
4. Manage Skin irritation
5. Check neurovascular status (8Ps)
How do you control the pain and swelling for cast? - ✔✔Remember EPI:
Elevation of legs
