NCLEX
An s-shaped curvature of the spine.
What is scoliosis?
A soft tissue injury that leaves a black-and-blue mark.
What is a hematoma?
What is scoliosis?
A torn or stretched ligament away from the bone.
What is a sprain?
Using these to lift a cast before it is dry can cause an indentation which can impair circulation.
What are fingertips?
A type of long bone fracture caused by a forceful twisting motion, leading the nurse to suspect child abuse.
What is a spiral fracture?
What is an osteosarcoma?
Compared to other children with disabilities, children with this disorder tend to be passive and withdrawn.
What is muscular dystrophy?
When a 24-year-old mother leaves her 5-year-old child at home alone when she goes to work a 10-hour shift at a coffee shop.
What is physical neglect?
A type of traction that could be used for a 17-month-old toddler that weighs 24 pounds and has a femur fracture.
What is Bryant's traction?
A condition that presents with pain unrelieved with medication, swelling, cyanosis or pallor of digits, decreased pulse, and decreased skin temperature that should be reported immediately.
What is compartment syndrome?
Characterized by progressive weakness, clumsiness and contractures of the ankles and hips.
What are muscular dystrophies?
An assessment skill that involves compressing the nail bed and observing for original color return.
What is checking for capillary refill?
The nurse asks an 8-year-old with a fractured radius to touch his thumb to the tip of his little finger.
What is a motor function assessment?
Patients with this condition require nursing care that includes using moist heat and range of motion to relieve pain.
A type of focused assessment that includes pulse, color and capillary refill, and movement and sensation.
An infection of the bone that generally occurs in children younger than 1 year of age and in those between 5 and 14 years old.
What is osteomyelitis?
The likely cause for a 12-year-old wide receiver suddenly developing muscle cramps during the fourth quarter of his school's football game.
A patient in this type of traction requires frequent nursing assessment for early identification of infections.
What is skeletal traction?
An appropriate anxiety-reducing technique for a 6-year-old girl.
What is running around a playground?
The colors of bruises that are 0-5 days old and 7-10 days old.
What are reddish-purple and yellow?
An incomplete fracture in which one side of the bone is broken and the other is bent.
What is a greenstick fracture?
This child has a wide, unstable gait.
Who is a toddler beginning to walk?
Appropriate nursing action for a child with a cracked cast.
What is notify the HCP?
Things to avoid that should be taught to a child with a cast.
What are heat, lotions, and putting items down into the cast?