1. A client has been hospitalized after an automobile accident. A full leg cast was applied in the emergency room. The MOST important reason for the nurse to elevate the casted leg is to ?

2. A client is seen in an emergency department for rotator cuff tendonitis. What is the correct immediate treatment?

3. Because a client has bursitis, plans for nursing interventions should include?

4. A client has undergone a lumbar laminectomy and has just returned to the nursing unit. It is essential for the nurse to perform which of the following activities during this period?

5. Upon a client’s admission for extracapsular fracture of the left femur, how should a nurse expect the extremity to appear?

6. The client is being evaluated for osteoporosis. Which diagnostic test is the most accurate when diagnosing osteoporosis?

7. A nurse is caring for a teenager immediately following surgical correction of severe scoliosis. Which interventions should the nurse expect to be part of the care plan? Select all that apply.

8. A complication of Buck’s extension traction would be noted by a nurse if:

9. The nurse assesses which of the following clinical manifestations in a client with osteomyelitis? Select all that apply:

10. The nurse prepares a client for a bone scan. What priority assessment should the nurse perform for this client?

11. A client fractured his femur yesterday. Monitoring for which potential complication must be included by the nurse in the client’s plan of care?

12. The nurse, assisting in applying a cast to a client with a broken arm, knows that?

13. The client is diagnosed with osteoarthritis. Which sign/symptom should the nurse expect the client to exhibit?

14. A client has bilateral knee pain from osteoarthritis. In addition to taking the prescribed NSAID, the nurse should instruct the client to

15. The nurse is teaching a client with metastatic bone disease about measures to prevent hypercalcemia. It would be important for the nurse to emphasize?

16. During the first 24 hours after an above-the-knee amputation for vascular disease, nursing priority for stump care would be:

17. A client is admitted following a motor vehicle accident where his left thigh was crushed beneath the vehicle.The nurse must assess for which of the following complications?