SKILLS LAB: Medical-Surgical: Musculoskeletal (ATI Testing - Learning System RN 2.0) Questions and Answers

SKILLS LAB: Medical-Surgical:
Musculoskeletal (ATI Testing - Learning
System RN 2.0) Questions and Answers
AAnurseAisAcaringAforAaAclientAwhoAisA3AdaysApostoperativeAfollowingAaArightAtotalAhipAartho
plasty.AWhileAtransferringAtoAaAchair,AtheAclientAcriesAoutAinApain.ATheAnurseAshouldAassess
AtheAclientAforAwhichAofAtheAfollowingAmanifestationsAofAdislocationAofAtheAhipAprosthesis?A-

AcorrectAanswers-ShorteningAofAtheArightAleg




*TheAnurseAshouldAmonitorAtheAclientAforAshorteningAofAtheAaffectedAlegAasAanAindicationAof
AdislocationAofAtheAprosthesis.AOtherAfindingsAincludeAincreasedAhipApain,AinabilityAtoAmove

AtheAextremity,AandArotationAofAtheAhipAinternallyAorAexternally.

AAnurseAisAcaringAforAclientAwhoAhasAaApelvicAfracture.ATheAclientAreportsAsuddenAshortnes
sAofAbreath,AstabbingAchestApain,AandAfeelingsAofAdoom.ATheAnurseAshouldAidentifyAthatAth
eAclientAisAexperiencingAwhichAofAtheAfollowingAcomplications?A-AcorrectAanswers-
PulmonaryAembolus

*ImmobilityAfollowingAmusculoskeletalAtraumaAplacesAtheAclientAatAanAincreasedAriskAforAp
ulmonaryAembolus.ATheAclientAmightAalsoAexhibitAtachycardia,AchestApetechiae,AandAhaveA
aAdecreasedASaO2.ATheAnurseAshouldAnotifyAtheArapidAresponseAteamAimmediately.
AAnurseAisAcaringAforAaAclientAwhoAisAinAskeletalAtractionAfollowingAaAfemurAfracture.ATheAnu
rseAfindsAtheAclientAhasAslidAdownAtowardAtheAfootAofAtheAbedAandAtheAtractionAweightAisAre
stingAonAtheAfloor.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAactionsAshouldAtheAnurseAtake?A-
AcorrectAanswers-

HaveAtheAclientAuseAaAtrapezeAtoApullAhimselfAupAwhileAensuringAtheAweightAhangsAfreely

*TheAnurseAshouldAensureAthatAtractionAweightAisAhangingAfreely.ATheAclientAcanAuseAanAo
verheadAtrapezeAbarAtoAmoveAupAinAbed,AorAtheAnurseAcanAassistAtheAclientAup,AmakingAsur
eAtoAmaintainAproperAalignmentAofAtheAextremity.
AAnurseAisAprovidingApreoperativeAteachingAforAaAclientAwhoAisAscheduledAforAtotalAkneeAar
throplasty.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAstatementsAbyAtheAclientAshouldAtheAnurseAidentifyAasAu
nderstandingAofAtheAteaching?A-AcorrectAanswers-
"IAshouldAwearAelasticAstockingsAonAbothAofAmyAlegs."

*TheApurposeAofAelasticAstockingsAisAtoApreventAvenousAthromboembolism,AwhichAisAaAco
mmonAcomplicationAfollowingAorthopedicAsurgery.ATherefore,AtheAnurseAshouldAidentifyAthi
sAstatementAasAunderstandingAofAtheAteaching.
AAnurseAisAdiscussingAtheAdifferenceAbetweenArheumatoidAarthritisA(RA)AandAosteoarthritis
AwithAaAnewlyAlicensedAnurse.AWhichAofAtheAfollowingAinformationAshouldAtheAnurseAinclud

eAaboutAosteoarthritis?A-AcorrectAanswers-
"OsteoarthritisAcanAimpairAaAjointAonAaAsingleAsideAofAtheAbody."