NR 509 Week 3 Debriefing Session or Alternate Writing Assignment
NR 509: Advanced Physical Assessment
Alternate Writing Assignment Week 3: Musculoskeletal System
Chamberlain University
Physiology of the musculosk
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NR 509 Week 3 Debriefing Session or Alternate Writing Assignment
NR 509: Advanced Physical Assessment
Alternate Writing Assignment Week 3: Musculoskeletal System
Chamberlain University
Physiology of the musculoskeletal system
The musculoskeletal system is controlled by the nervous system which its functions include support for the entire body, facilitation of the body’s movements, protection of organs, storage of minerals and fats, and hematopoiesis (Cleveland Clinic, 2020). The musculoskeletal system is made up of more than 200 skeletal bones, connective tissue, and over 300 skeletal muscles in the body, which the muscles are attached to bones through tendons and can generate movement around a joint when they contract (Cleveland Clinic, 2020).
Health history questions (subjective data)
Joint Pain:
- Do you have any pains in your joints?
- Can you point to the pain?
- Are there any changes in your daily activities? (Inability to walk, stand, lean over, sit or sit up, rise from a sitting position, pinch, grasp, turn a page, or open a handle or jar)
- Is there any family history of joint or muscle disorder?
Pain Acute or Chronic:
- Did the pain or discomfort develop rapidly over the course of a few hours or insidiously over weeks or even months?
- Has the pain progressed slowly or fluctuated, with periods of improvement and worsening?
- How long has the pain lasted?
- What is it like over the course of a day? . . . In the morning?. As the day wears on?
- If more rapid in onset, how did the pain arise? Was there an acute injury or overuse from repetitive motion of the same part of the body? If the pain comes from trauma, what was the mechanism of injury or the specific series of events that caused the joint pain? Furthermore, what aggravates or relieves the pain? What are the effects of exercise, rest, and therapy?
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