BEND AND SNAP
THIS IS A FREELY MOVING JOINT THAT CONTAINS FLUID FOR LUBRICATION
WHAT IS A SYNOVIAL JOINT?
JOINT STIFFNESS, PAIN WITH MOVEMENT, CREPITUS, DECREASED RANGE OF MOTION AND BONE SPURS.
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF OSTEOARTHRITIS?
NUMBNESS, TINGLING, AND WEAKNESS IN HAND, ESP. THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME?
EXCESS URIC ACID CRYSTAL ACCUMULATION IN THE JOINT
WHAT CAUSES GOUT?
FAT GLOBULES ENTERING THE BLOODSTREAM AFTER LONG BONE FRACTURES.
WHAT IS A FAT EMBOLISM?
THIS PROVIDES LUBRICATION, REDUCES FRICTION, AND NOURISHES CARTILAGE TO MAINTAIN JOINT HEALTH
WHAT IS SYNOVIAL FLUID?
CRACKLING, POPPING, GRINDING SOUND OR SENSATION THAT OCCURS IN THE JOINTS
WHAT IS CREPITUS?
COMPRESSION Of THE MEDIAN NERVE AT THE WRIST
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF CARPAL TUNNEL?
SUDDEN, SEVERE JOINT PAIN, REDNESS AND SWELLING OF THE FOOT (GREAT TOE)
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF GOUT?
PETECHIAE, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CONFUSION, TACHYPNEA
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A FAT EMBOLISM
SMALL SACKS OF SYNOVIAL FLUID BETWEEN THE JOINTS AND STRUCTURES THAT REDUCE FRICTION AND WEAR
WHAT ARE BURSAE?
CARTILAGE BREAKDOWN DUE TO AGING, OBESITY, OR REPETITIVE STRESS ON JOINTS
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF OSTEOARTHRITIS?
TESTS DONE FOR CARPAL TUNNEL
WHAT ARE PHALEN'S AND TINEL'S TESTS?
GOUT MEDICATION: TREATMENT
WHAT IS COLCHICINE/ NSAIDS
OXYGEN, ELEVATE THE HEAD OF THE BED, IMMOBILZE FRACTURE, MAINTAIN IV FLUIDS
NURSING INTERVENTIONS FOR PTS WITH A FAT EMBOLISM?
ACRONYM USED TO TREAT SPRAINS AND FRACTURES
What is RICE: REST, ICE, COMPRESSION, ELEVATION?
LOW-IMPACT EXERCISES, WEIGHT CONTROL, HEAT/COLD THERAPY, AND USE OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES
WHAT ARE OSTEOARTHRITIS EDUCATION TO MINIMIZE SYMPTOMS?
LOCALIZED PAIN, SWELLING, TENDERNESS
WHAT ARE SIGNS/SYMPTOMS OF BURSITIS?
GOUT MEDICATIONS: PREVENTION
ALLOPURINOL
DISPLACEMENT OF BONE FROM ITS JOINT SOCKET
WHAT IS DISLOCATION?
6 PS OF NEUROVASCULAR ASSESSMENT?
WHAT IS PAIN, PALLOR, PULSES, PARALYSIS, PARESTHESIA, POIKILOTHERMIA?
THE LPNS ROLE IN CARING FOR A JOINT INJURY
WHAT IS ASSESS SWELLING AND PAIN, APPLY COLD, ELEVATE, REST JOINT AND REPORT CHANGES.
REPETITIVE MOVEMENT OF PRESSURE ON A JOINT
WHAT CAUSES BURSITIS?
GOUT DIET/FLUID GOALS
WHAT IS AVOID PURINE RICH FOODS, DRINK 2-3 L OF WATER, LIMIT ALCOHOL.
ORGAN MEATS, SEAFOOD, RED MEAT, LEGUMES, MUSHROOMS, ALCOHOL
WHAT ARE FOODS RICH IN PURINE?