Fractured life
A fracture twisting around the shaft of the bone.
Spiral fracture
The most common medication prescribed for Paget Disease.
Alendronate
This type of traction has a sling under the knee.
Russell traction
Patient has a long bone fracture with petechiae on head, chest, neck, with sudden onset of difficulty breathing, and altered LOC.
Fat embolism
A client has his jaw wired shut due to a fractured mandible. This is what the nurse would monitor for.
Aspiration
A fracture where one side of a bone is broken and the other side is bent.
Greenstick fracture
This is the medication that a nurse would advise a patient with gout to avoid.
Aspirin
Client's leg is in a boot elevated with weights and pully system at the foot of the bed.
Buck's traction
Used preoperatively for hip fractures for immobilization in adult clients.
A nurse would advise a client with this disorder to maintain a BMI between 18.5-24.9. The first choice of medication is acetaminophen and another medication that can be prescribed is celecoxib.
Osteoarthritis
A nurse comes into a client's room and sees a CNA trying to move a client that has fell out of bed.
Advise the CNA that they need to leave the client until they have been assessed for injuries first.
Fracture in which the bone has splintered into several fragments.
Comminuted
This medication can cause GI issues (black, tarry stools).
Celecoxib
Client is on traction and nurse walks in to the room to see weights on the floor and knots are at the pulley.
This is abnormal and needs to be addressed immediately as the weights are supposed to be hanging freely and knots away from pulley.
A school nurse would ask a child to bend forward at waist with arms hanging and touch their toes to check if they have this disorder.
Scoliosis
Nurse would advise a client with an amputation to lie in this position and why.
Lie in a prone position several times a day to help limit flexion contractures.
A fracture through the epiphysis.
Epiphyseal fracture
Epiphysis is the growth plate
This medication a nurse would evaluate the effectiveness by the client stating they were drowsy/sleepy.
Lorazepam
Pain, paralysis, paresthesia, pressure, pulseless, pallor
Nursing care for juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Maintain mobility and preserve joint function by using night splints to the affected joint.
Post-op instructions a nurse would give a client who had total arthroplasty.
Avoid bending forward when seated in a chair (keep flexion below 90 degrees), crossing legs, and use abductor pillow (normal pillow is okay to use as well)
A fracture that is straight across the bone
Transverse fracture
Increased risk of infection, osteoporosis, adrenal suppression, fluid retention, weight gain, GI discomfort, hyperglycemia, and hypokalemia.
Glucocorticoids
This is something a nurse should never do for a client in traction.
Move or loosen weights or loosen the knots.
Joint pain, swelling, and warmth especially in the morning, limited mobility, subcutaneous nodules, boutonniere of the hands.
Rheumatoid arthritis
A client with this disorder a nurse would advise them to establish a regular sleep pattern.