musculoskeletal disorders questions and answers
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A child fell and injured a knee during a baseball game. The parents ask what the best inexpensiv
diagnostic test that can be used to visualize the knee is. How should the nurse respond?
a. Radiograph
b. Arthrography
c. Ultrasound
d. Computerized tomography scan-ANS >>b. Arthrography
The nurse is explaining the need for a diagnostic test for a child with leg pain. The parents are concerne
about radiation exposure and prefer a test without radiation exposure. What orthopedic diagnostic tes
will not expose the child to radiation?
a. Fluoroscopy
b. Bone scan
c. Magnetic resonance imaging
d. Electrocardiogram-ANS >>c. Magnetic resonance imaging
What screening will be used by the nurse for assessing appropriate 5- year-old growth and developmen
of the musculoskeletal system?
a. Health history
b. Vocabulary ability
c. Toileting compliance
d. Medication tolerance-ANS >>a. Health history
A parent brings a 10-year-old with a painful ankle to the emergency department (ED) after a fall. Th
medical diagnosis is an ankle sprain after an x-ray. What is an important initial nursing care interventio
as the child waits for discharge teaching papers?
a. Walk as prior to coming into the ED
b. Sleep in a chair to keep the ankle free of pressure
c. Apply heat to ease the pain
d. Maintain the ace bandage for compression-ANS >>d. Maintain the ace bandage for compression
2025-2026 update passing guaranteed
A child fell and injured a knee during a baseball game. The parents ask what the best inexpensiv
diagnostic test that can be used to visualize the knee is. How should the nurse respond?
a. Radiograph
b. Arthrography
c. Ultrasound
d. Computerized tomography scan-ANS >>b. Arthrography
The nurse is explaining the need for a diagnostic test for a child with leg pain. The parents are concerne
about radiation exposure and prefer a test without radiation exposure. What orthopedic diagnostic tes
will not expose the child to radiation?
a. Fluoroscopy
b. Bone scan
c. Magnetic resonance imaging
d. Electrocardiogram-ANS >>c. Magnetic resonance imaging
What screening will be used by the nurse for assessing appropriate 5- year-old growth and developmen
of the musculoskeletal system?
a. Health history
b. Vocabulary ability
c. Toileting compliance
d. Medication tolerance-ANS >>a. Health history
A parent brings a 10-year-old with a painful ankle to the emergency department (ED) after a fall. Th
medical diagnosis is an ankle sprain after an x-ray. What is an important initial nursing care interventio
as the child waits for discharge teaching papers?
a. Walk as prior to coming into the ED
b. Sleep in a chair to keep the ankle free of pressure
c. Apply heat to ease the pain
d. Maintain the ace bandage for compression-ANS >>d. Maintain the ace bandage for compression
