MUSCULOSKELETAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR A GUARANTEED PASS
A nurse is collecting data from a client who has an exacerbation of gout. Which of the following
findings should the nurse expect? - ✔✔ edema, erythema, top, tight skin
A nurse is collecting data from a client who reports shoulder pain. Which of the following
findings should cause the nurse to suspect that the client has a rotator cuff injury? - ✔✔ inability
to abduct the arm at the shoulder
A nurse in a clinic is talking with an older adult client newly diagnosed with osteoarthritis. The
nurse should reinforce that which of the following medications usually prescribed first to treat
osteoarthritis? - ✔✔ acetaminophen
A nurse is assisting a client who has generalized weakness out of the bed to wheelchair which of
the following actions should the nurse take? - ✔✔ Lock the wheels of the bed and wheelchair
A nurse is collecting data from a client who has a short arm cast for a fractured wrist. Which of
the following findings indicated impaired venous return in the affected arm? - ✔✔ pain
unrelieved by opiod analgesic
A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who has a femur fracture and is in skeletal traction.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? - ✔✔ ensure the clients weight are
hanging freely from the bed
, a nurse is monitoring a client for complications of immobility. which of the following findings
should the nurse expect? - ✔✔ contractures of extremities, crackles in the lungs, pressure ulcers
A nurse is reinforcing a teaching with a client who is about to start taking allopurinol to treat
gout. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the
teaching ? - ✔✔ I need to drink at least 3 quarts of water a day
A nurse is caring for a client who is rehabilitating from injuries resulting from a motor vehicle
crash. Which of the following client statements should the nurse identify as the priority? - ✔✔ "I
have not been able to sleep at night because it hurts when I move."
A client who is postoperative returns to the unit in skeletal traction. When collecting data from
the client, the nurse should expect which of the following findings? - ✔✔ redness at the pin sites,
warmth at the pin sites
A nurse is talking with a client who has gout. The nurse should remind the client to avoid the use
of which of the following medications? - ✔✔ aspirin
You're a nurse in a community clinic taking care of a 20 month year old toddler who has spiral
fractures of the right ulna and radius. Which of the following is an indication of abuse? - ✔✔
The parent reports the child injured herself by falling off the couch
WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS FOR A GUARANTEED PASS
A nurse is collecting data from a client who has an exacerbation of gout. Which of the following
findings should the nurse expect? - ✔✔ edema, erythema, top, tight skin
A nurse is collecting data from a client who reports shoulder pain. Which of the following
findings should cause the nurse to suspect that the client has a rotator cuff injury? - ✔✔ inability
to abduct the arm at the shoulder
A nurse in a clinic is talking with an older adult client newly diagnosed with osteoarthritis. The
nurse should reinforce that which of the following medications usually prescribed first to treat
osteoarthritis? - ✔✔ acetaminophen
A nurse is assisting a client who has generalized weakness out of the bed to wheelchair which of
the following actions should the nurse take? - ✔✔ Lock the wheels of the bed and wheelchair
A nurse is collecting data from a client who has a short arm cast for a fractured wrist. Which of
the following findings indicated impaired venous return in the affected arm? - ✔✔ pain
unrelieved by opiod analgesic
A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who has a femur fracture and is in skeletal traction.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? - ✔✔ ensure the clients weight are
hanging freely from the bed
, a nurse is monitoring a client for complications of immobility. which of the following findings
should the nurse expect? - ✔✔ contractures of extremities, crackles in the lungs, pressure ulcers
A nurse is reinforcing a teaching with a client who is about to start taking allopurinol to treat
gout. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the
teaching ? - ✔✔ I need to drink at least 3 quarts of water a day
A nurse is caring for a client who is rehabilitating from injuries resulting from a motor vehicle
crash. Which of the following client statements should the nurse identify as the priority? - ✔✔ "I
have not been able to sleep at night because it hurts when I move."
A client who is postoperative returns to the unit in skeletal traction. When collecting data from
the client, the nurse should expect which of the following findings? - ✔✔ redness at the pin sites,
warmth at the pin sites
A nurse is talking with a client who has gout. The nurse should remind the client to avoid the use
of which of the following medications? - ✔✔ aspirin
You're a nurse in a community clinic taking care of a 20 month year old toddler who has spiral
fractures of the right ulna and radius. Which of the following is an indication of abuse? - ✔✔
The parent reports the child injured herself by falling off the couch
