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A nurse on a medical-surgical orthopedic unit is caring for
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a patient who underwent a posterior hip arthroplasty
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yesterday. What should the nurse include in her plan of
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care to prevent dislocation of the new prosthesis?
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A. Keep the affected leg in a position of adduction.
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B. Ambulate with a gait belt and walker.
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C. Protect the affected leg from internal rotation.
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D. Keep the hip flexed by placing pillows under the
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client's knee. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. Protect the
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affected leg from internal rotation.|\ |\ |\ |\
why? We want to have the legs away and keep the
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abductor away |\
A patient is in skeletal traction after fracturing his left
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tibia. The nurse should include which action in the plan of
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care?
A. Maintaining the bed in the knee latch position
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B. Removing the weights once every shift
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C. Keeping the patient in semi-Fowler's position
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, D. Maintaining correct body alignment - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔D. Maintaining correct body alignment |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Why? concerns: worried abt body alignment. Assessment
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of neurovasucular; assess body alignment
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A nurse is assessing the neurovascular status of a patient
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who has had a leg cast recently applied. The nurse is
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unable to palpate the patient's dorsalis pedis or posterior
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tibial pulse and the patient's foot is pale. What is the
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nurse's most appropriate action?|\ |\ |\
A. Reposition the patient with the affected foot
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dependent.
B. Promptly inform the primary provider.
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C. Reassess the patient's neurovascular status in 15
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minutes.
D. Warm the patient's foot and determine whether
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circulation improves. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B.Promptly |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
inform the primary provider.
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What is wrong with the pt? NO PULSE!! Pt foot is pale.
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Emergency! We can't do anything |\ |\ |\ |\
answers
A nurse on a medical-surgical orthopedic unit is caring for
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a patient who underwent a posterior hip arthroplasty
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
yesterday. What should the nurse include in her plan of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
care to prevent dislocation of the new prosthesis?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
A. Keep the affected leg in a position of adduction.
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B. Ambulate with a gait belt and walker.
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C. Protect the affected leg from internal rotation.
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D. Keep the hip flexed by placing pillows under the
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client's knee. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. Protect the
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affected leg from internal rotation.|\ |\ |\ |\
why? We want to have the legs away and keep the
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abductor away |\
A patient is in skeletal traction after fracturing his left
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tibia. The nurse should include which action in the plan of
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care?
A. Maintaining the bed in the knee latch position
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B. Removing the weights once every shift
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C. Keeping the patient in semi-Fowler's position
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, D. Maintaining correct body alignment - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔D. Maintaining correct body alignment |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Why? concerns: worried abt body alignment. Assessment
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
of neurovasucular; assess body alignment
|\ |\ |\ |\
A nurse is assessing the neurovascular status of a patient
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who has had a leg cast recently applied. The nurse is
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
unable to palpate the patient's dorsalis pedis or posterior
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tibial pulse and the patient's foot is pale. What is the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
nurse's most appropriate action?|\ |\ |\
A. Reposition the patient with the affected foot
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dependent.
B. Promptly inform the primary provider.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
C. Reassess the patient's neurovascular status in 15
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
minutes.
D. Warm the patient's foot and determine whether
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
circulation improves. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B.Promptly |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
inform the primary provider.
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What is wrong with the pt? NO PULSE!! Pt foot is pale.
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Emergency! We can't do anything |\ |\ |\ |\
