Chapter 61: Caring for Clients
Requiring Orthopedic Treatment
Questions with100% Correct answers
A nurse is caring for a patient who is postoperative day 1 right hip replacement. How should the
nurse position the patient?
ANS: Keep the client's hips in abduction at all times.
Quiz The nurse is caring for a client who underwent a total hip replacement yesterday. What
should the nurse do to prevent dislocation of the new prosthesis?
ANS: Protect the affected leg from internal rotation.
Quiz An elderly client's hip joint is immobilized prior to surgery to correct a femoral head
fracture. What is the nurse's priority assessment?
ANS: Signs of neurovascular compromise
Quiz A patient in pelvic traction needs circulatory status assessed. How should the nurse assess
for a positive Homans' sign?
, ANS: Have the patient extend each leg and dorsiflex each foot to determine if pain or
tenderness is present in the lower leg.
Quiz The nurse assesses a patient after total right hip arthroplasty and observes a shortening of
the extremity, and the patient complains of severe pain in the right side of the groin. What is
the priority action of the nurse?
ANS: Notify the physician.
Quiz A client has a Fiberglass cast on the right arm. Which action should the nurse include in the
care plan?
ANS: Assessing movement and sensation in the fingers of the right hand
Quiz The nurse teaches the client which intervention to avoid hip dislocation after replacement
surgery?
ANS: Never cross the affected leg when seated
Quiz Which would be an inappropriate initial pain relief measure for the client with a cast?
ANS: Application of a new cast
Quiz A client with a fractured femur is in balanced suspension traction. The client needs to be
repositioned toward the head of the bed. During repositioning, what should the nurse do?
Requiring Orthopedic Treatment
Questions with100% Correct answers
A nurse is caring for a patient who is postoperative day 1 right hip replacement. How should the
nurse position the patient?
ANS: Keep the client's hips in abduction at all times.
Quiz The nurse is caring for a client who underwent a total hip replacement yesterday. What
should the nurse do to prevent dislocation of the new prosthesis?
ANS: Protect the affected leg from internal rotation.
Quiz An elderly client's hip joint is immobilized prior to surgery to correct a femoral head
fracture. What is the nurse's priority assessment?
ANS: Signs of neurovascular compromise
Quiz A patient in pelvic traction needs circulatory status assessed. How should the nurse assess
for a positive Homans' sign?
, ANS: Have the patient extend each leg and dorsiflex each foot to determine if pain or
tenderness is present in the lower leg.
Quiz The nurse assesses a patient after total right hip arthroplasty and observes a shortening of
the extremity, and the patient complains of severe pain in the right side of the groin. What is
the priority action of the nurse?
ANS: Notify the physician.
Quiz A client has a Fiberglass cast on the right arm. Which action should the nurse include in the
care plan?
ANS: Assessing movement and sensation in the fingers of the right hand
Quiz The nurse teaches the client which intervention to avoid hip dislocation after replacement
surgery?
ANS: Never cross the affected leg when seated
Quiz Which would be an inappropriate initial pain relief measure for the client with a cast?
ANS: Application of a new cast
Quiz A client with a fractured femur is in balanced suspension traction. The client needs to be
repositioned toward the head of the bed. During repositioning, what should the nurse do?
