Orthopedic Care
The client should avoid bending the hip more than 90 degrees after surgery.
What is an important hip precaution following a total hip arthroplasty?
Fresh flowers should not be kept in the client's room.
What precaution is necessary for a client with neutropenia?
Use pursed-lip breathing during dyspnea.
What breathing technique helps clients with COPD?
Maintain a consistent daily routine.
What intervention helps reduce confusion in Alzheimer's disease?
Sit the client upright during meals.
What intervention helps prevent aspiration?
Hyperglycemia is an expected adverse effect.
What adverse effect should the nurse monitor for with corticosteroids?
The first action is to dangle the client at the bedside before standing.
What should the nurse do before assisting a postoperative client to walk?
Droplet precautions are required.
What type of isolation is used for pertussis?
The client should remain still during the procedure.
What instruction should be given before an ECG?
The priority nursing action during a seizure.
What is turn the client onto one side during the seizure.
Eat high-calorie, high-protein meals.
What diet should be recommended for Crohn's disease?
Abruptly stopping corticosteroids can cause this emergency.
What can cause an adrenal crisis?
The machine should remain on while the client is in bed unless prescribed otherwise.
What teaching should be reinforced about a CPM machine?
Is spread through airborne droplets.
How is tuberculosis transmitted?
Hold the medication if the apical pulse is below 60/min.
When should digoxin be withheld?
Fatigue is a common manifestation.
What is an expected finding in multiple sclerosis?
Avoid drinking fluids with meals.
What teaching helps prevent dumping syndrome?
A history of breast cancer is a contraindication.
What is a contraindication to hormone replacement therapy?
Early ambulation and leg exercises help prevent complications.
What is an important nursing intervention after total knee arthroplasty?
Require an N95 respirator.
What PPE is needed for airborne precautions?
Keep the drainage system below chest level.
What is an important nursing intervention for a chest tube?
Nuchal rigidity suggests this disorder.
What is meningitis?
Multiply the calories per mL by the total mL administered.
How is caloric intake from enteral formula calculated?
It reflects average blood glucose over the previous 2–3 months.
What does the HbA1c test measure?
Muscle weakness is expected.
What finding should the nurse teach is expected after cast removal?
Abstain from sexual activity during active lesions.
What teaching is appropriate for a client with genital herpes?
Prepare for chest tube insertion.
What is the priority intervention for a client with a hemothorax?
Maintain airway and oxygenation first.
What is the priority intervention for a client experiencing a neurological event?
Instruct the client to hold their breath during removal.
What instruction should be given when removing an NG tube?
Chest pain should be reported immediately.
What adverse effect of sumatriptan requires immediate evaluation?