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Maryville NURS 640 Exam 3 part 1 Latest Update ) Exam |
Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A +
The elderly - ANSWER Higher risk of morbidity / mortality from
fall in this population
Head / spine injury-consider imaging - ANSWER Important to
assess post fall
Pain, pallor, paresthesia,
poikilothermia
, paralysis,
pulselessness - ANSWER 6 P's of orthopedic injury
Benzodiazepines
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Non
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benzodiazepine receptor agonists
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Anti
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psychotics
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Anticonvulsants
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Tricyclic antidepressants
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SSRIs
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Opioids - ANSWER Drugs that increase falls in the elderly
Shoulder and hip - ANSWER Dislocation: Articulating surfaces
out of anatomic position. Most common site? Most common
site after MVC?
Subluxation - ANSWER partial / incomplete dislocation
Sprain - ANSWER tear in a ligament that surrounds joint
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Strain - ANSWER overstretching injury to muscle / tendon
Wrist - ANSWER Most common site of sprain/strain
Fracture - ANSWER Damage to the bone continuity
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Commonly result of impact / stress
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Medical risk factors: osteoporosis, bone cancer,
osteogenesis imperfecta
Types of fracture - ANSWER Closed (skin intact) vs. open (skin
not intact)
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Open classified further by degree of damage (Type I
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III)
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Comminuted
Maryville NURS 640 Exam 3 part 1 Latest Update ) Exam |
Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A +
The elderly - ANSWER Higher risk of morbidity / mortality from
fall in this population
Head / spine injury-consider imaging - ANSWER Important to
assess post fall
Pain, pallor, paresthesia,
poikilothermia
, paralysis,
pulselessness - ANSWER 6 P's of orthopedic injury
Benzodiazepines
-
Non
-
benzodiazepine receptor agonists
-
,2|Page
Anti
-
psychotics
-
Anticonvulsants
-
Tricyclic antidepressants
-
SSRIs
-
Opioids - ANSWER Drugs that increase falls in the elderly
Shoulder and hip - ANSWER Dislocation: Articulating surfaces
out of anatomic position. Most common site? Most common
site after MVC?
Subluxation - ANSWER partial / incomplete dislocation
Sprain - ANSWER tear in a ligament that surrounds joint
, 3|Page
Strain - ANSWER overstretching injury to muscle / tendon
Wrist - ANSWER Most common site of sprain/strain
Fracture - ANSWER Damage to the bone continuity
-
Commonly result of impact / stress
-
Medical risk factors: osteoporosis, bone cancer,
osteogenesis imperfecta
Types of fracture - ANSWER Closed (skin intact) vs. open (skin
not intact)
•
Open classified further by degree of damage (Type I
-
III)
-
Comminuted
