Terminology
The smaller of the two lower leg bones.
What is the fibula?
Long-term use of this medication may lead to GI erosion and bleeding.
What is aspirin?
What is promoting rest periods in between therapy and ADL's?
An immunoglobulin found in approximately 80% of adults with RA and possibly in patients with lupus.
What is rheumatoid factor (RF)?
What is supination?
What are the axial and appendicular?
The classification of medications given to relieve pain and swelling.
What are NSAIDs?
Metal frame used to keep the blankets/sheets from touching the feet or legs.
What is a bed cradle or foot cradle?
Exam with injection of radiopaque dye into the subarachnoid space at the lumbar spine to x-ray the spinal cord and the vertebral column.
What is a myelogram?
What is dorsiflexion?
A type of joint that has free movement.
What is a diarthrosis joint?
A potent anti-inflammatory agent that is given to patients with inflammatory diseases to prevent or suppress cell-mediated immune reactions.
What is Prednisone?
Teaching patient to avoid hip flexion beyond 60 degrees for 10 days, avoiding adduction of the affected leg beyond midline for 2 to 3 months, avoiding positioning on the operative side in bed, and maintaining abduction of the hip by using a wedge-shaped foam pillow while sleeping.
What are hip dislocation precautions?
Test using magnetism and radio waves to make images of cross sections of the body.
What is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)?
Moving toward the midline of the body.
What is adduction?
The part of the musculoskeletal system that is necessary for movement.
What are muscles?
An oral anticoagulant that prevents further extension of formed existing clot and prevents new clot formation.
What is Coumadin or Warfarin?
Pain, pallor, paresthesia, paralysis, polar temperature, puffiness and pulselessness.
What are the 7 P's of a neurovascular assessment or circulation check?
The puncture of a patient's joint with a needle and the withdrawal of synovial fluid for diagnostic purposes.
What is arthrocentesis?
What is plantar flexion?
What is the articular cartilage?
An oral DMARD (disease-modifying antirheumatic drug) that is typically prescribed for patients with RA to slow the progression of joint destruction.
What is Methotrexate?
The main four nursing interventions implemented in caring for traumatic injuries that spell RICE.
What are rest, ice, compression and elevation?
An endoscopic examination that enables direct visualization of a joint.
What is arthroscopy?
Back and forth motion of a moveable joint.
What is rotation?