Maryville NURS 640 Exam 3 part 1 with correct answers

Maryville NURS 640 Exam 3 part 1 with
correct answers

The elderly - correct answer ✔Higher risk of morbidity / mortality from fall in
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this population
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Head / spine injury-consider imaging - correct answer ✔Important to assess
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post fall
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Pain, pallor, paresthesia,
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poikilothermia
, paralysis,
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pulselessness - correct answer ✔6 P's of orthopedic injury
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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 - correct answer ✔Drugs that increase falls in the elderly
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Shoulder and hip - correct answer ✔Dislocation: Articulating surfaces out of
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anatomic position. Most common site? Most common site after MVC?
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Subluxation - correct answer ✔partial / incomplete dislocation
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Sprain - correct answer ✔tear in a ligament that surrounds joint
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Strain - correct answer ✔overstretching injury to muscle / tendon
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Wrist - correct answer ✔Most common site of sprain/strain
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Fracture - correct 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,
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