NR511 Week 5 Davis Edge QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
NR511 Week 5
NR511 Week 5 Davis Edge
Mr. McKinsey, age 69, was recently given a diagnosis of degenerative joint disease. Which
assessment should the nu
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NR511 Week 5 Davis Edge QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
NR511 Week 5
NR511 Week 5 Davis Edge
Mr. McKinsey, age 69, was recently given a diagnosis of degenerative joint disease. Which
assessment should the nurse practitioner use to check for effusion of the patient’s knee?
A nurse practitioner is driving home from work and stops at the scene of a motorcycle accident
that must have just occurred, as there are no rescue vehicles present. The driver is lying
unconscious at the side of the road with an obvious open fracture of his femur. Which of the
following actions should take priority?
The valgus stress test, varus stress test, Lachman test, and thumb sign are all considered
standard tests to check the integrity of the ligaments of the knee. Which test would the nurse
practitioner choose to assess the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which is the most commonly
involved structure in severe knee injury?
You are assessing Jamal, age 16, after a football injury to his right knee. You elicit a positive
anterior/posterior drawer sign. This test indicates an injury to the:
Cass, age 67, tells the nurse practitioner (NP) that she has been diagnosed with a condition that
causes sudden flares of pain, swelling, and redness of the joints in her toes. She cannot
remember the name of the diagnosis, but she knows it is caused by urate crystals that “get
stuck in the joint and cause pain.” She is on hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for management of her
hypertension. The NP should suspect a diagnosis of:
Ethan, age 10, jumped off a 2-foot wall, twisting his foot and ankle upon landing. His ankle x-ray
demonstrates a fracture of the distal tibia, over the articular surface, through the epiphysis and
physis. Based on the Salter-Harris classification of growth plate injuries, you know this is a:
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