NCLEX RN ATI N120 Week 3 MS 1
Chapter0 0 67-ATI
Musculoskeletal00diagnostic00procedures00-
00*muscle00weakness00=00indication00for00evaluating00conduction00of00electrical00impulses
Arthroscopy- Nuclear00Scans-
00visual00of00internal00structures00of00joint,00most00com ● Bone00scan-00entire00skeletal00system
mon00for00knee00and00shoulder00joints,00performed00in00 ○ Inject00radioactive00isotope002-
OR00with00local/general00anesthesia 300hrs00before00scan
● Contraindications:00infection,00lack00of00j ■ Abnormal00bone00formation00
oint00mobility will00appear00brighter
● Indications:00tell00the00extent00of00damage00so0 ■ Scan00for:00hairline00bone00fractu
0the00dr00can00repair00a00torn00ligament00or00m res,00tumors,00fractures00and00di
eniscus00or00synovial00biopsy sease
○ Pt00presentation:00joint00swelling,00p ● osteomyelitis,00osteoporosis00
ain,00crepitus00(Creaky00joints)00,00j (bones00to00become00weak00a
oint00instability nd00brittle),00vertebral00compr
● Considerations: ession00fractures
○ Pre00op
■ Pt00ed:00pt00might00need00to00d
o00post00op00joining00exercise
s00(straight00leg,00raises,00qua
driceps00setting00isometrics)
○ Post00op
■ N/A
● Depends00on00sedation
● Assess00neurovascula
r00status00and00dressin
g00on00limb00every00h
our
○ Pain,00Sensation
,00Motor00functi
on,00Perfusion00(
color,00temperat
ure,00capillary00r
efill,00swelling,00
pulses)
● Mild00analgesic00b
ut00opioids00if00op
00was00corrective
■ Pt00ed:00ice00for00first002400hrs,00
elevate0012-2400hours
○ Complications:00tell00dr00if00swell
ing,00redness,00or00fever ● Gallium00&00thallium00scan-
00more00sensitive00for00detecting00bone00probl
ems00than00a00bone00scan
, ○ Radioisotope00migrates00to00tissues00of
■ brain00,00liver,00breast00to00help
00find00disease
Chapter0 0 67-ATI
Musculoskeletal00diagnostic00procedures00-
00*muscle00weakness00=00indication00for00evaluating00conduction00of00electrical00impulses
Arthroscopy- Nuclear00Scans-
00visual00of00internal00structures00of00joint,00most00com ● Bone00scan-00entire00skeletal00system
mon00for00knee00and00shoulder00joints,00performed00in00 ○ Inject00radioactive00isotope002-
OR00with00local/general00anesthesia 300hrs00before00scan
● Contraindications:00infection,00lack00of00j ■ Abnormal00bone00formation00
oint00mobility will00appear00brighter
● Indications:00tell00the00extent00of00damage00so0 ■ Scan00for:00hairline00bone00fractu
0the00dr00can00repair00a00torn00ligament00or00m res,00tumors,00fractures00and00di
eniscus00or00synovial00biopsy sease
○ Pt00presentation:00joint00swelling,00p ● osteomyelitis,00osteoporosis00
ain,00crepitus00(Creaky00joints)00,00j (bones00to00become00weak00a
oint00instability nd00brittle),00vertebral00compr
● Considerations: ession00fractures
○ Pre00op
■ Pt00ed:00pt00might00need00to00d
o00post00op00joining00exercise
s00(straight00leg,00raises,00qua
driceps00setting00isometrics)
○ Post00op
■ N/A
● Depends00on00sedation
● Assess00neurovascula
r00status00and00dressin
g00on00limb00every00h
our
○ Pain,00Sensation
,00Motor00functi
on,00Perfusion00(
color,00temperat
ure,00capillary00r
efill,00swelling,00
pulses)
● Mild00analgesic00b
ut00opioids00if00op
00was00corrective
■ Pt00ed:00ice00for00first002400hrs,00
elevate0012-2400hours
○ Complications:00tell00dr00if00swell
ing,00redness,00or00fever ● Gallium00&00thallium00scan-
00more00sensitive00for00detecting00bone00probl
ems00than00a00bone00scan
, ○ Radioisotope00migrates00to00tissues00of
■ brain00,00liver,00breast00to00help
00find00disease
