Chapter 66: Assessment of Musculoskeletal Function

Chapter 66: Assessment of Musculoskeletal Function

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice

 

 

 

 

1. A nurse on the orthopedic floor is assessing her patient’s peroneal nerve. The nurse will perform this assessment by pricking what?
2. A) The skin centered between the great and second toe
3. B) The medial and lateral surface of the sole
4. C) The skin centered between the thumb and second finger
5. D) The top or distal surface of the index finger

 

Ans:  A

Chapter:  66

Client Needs:  D-4

Cognitive Level:  Application

Difficulty:  Moderate

Integrated Process:  Nursing Process

Objective:  3

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Feedback:  The nurse will evaluate the sensation of the peroneal nerve by pricking the skin centered between the great and second toe. Evaluating sensation of the tibial nerve involves pricking the medial and lateral surface of the sole. Evaluating sensation of the radial nerve involves pricking the skin centered between the thumb and second finger. Evaluating sensation of the medial nerve involves pricking the top or distal surface of the index finger.

 

 

 

 

2. The nursing instructor is discussing disability in the United States. What would the instructor tell the students is the leading cause of disability in the United States?
3. A) Osteoporosis
4. B) Arthritis
5. C) Hip fractures
6. D) Long bone fractures

 

Ans:  B

Chapter:  66

Client Needs:  D-4

Cognitive Level:  Application

Difficulty:  Moderate

Integrated Process:  Nursing Process

Objective:  1

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Feedback:  The leading cause of disability in the United States is arthritis. Therefore options A, C, and D are incorrect.

 

 

 

 

3. You are caring for a patient whose laboratory studies show that the patient is hypocalcemic. When the nurse analyzes the other laboratory studies, the nurse will expect the results to reveal what?
4. A) An elevated parathyroid hormone level
5. B) A decreased parathyroid hormone level
6. C) An elevated potassium level
7. D) A decreased potassium level

 

Ans:  A

Chapter:  66

Client Needs:  D-4

Cognitive Level:  Analysis

Difficulty:  Moderate

Integrated Process:  Nursing Process

Objective:  4

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Feedback:  In the response to low calcium levels in the blood, increased levels of parathyroid hormone prompt the mobilization of calcium, the demineralization of bone, and the formation of bone cysts. You would not expect to find that the patient has elevated or decreased potassium levels.

 

 

 

 

4. While doing an initial assessment on a patient, she tells the nurse that she has bone pain. The nurse asks the patient to describe the characteristics of the pain. Which of the following are typical characteristics of bone pain?
5. A) Dull, deep ache that is “boring” in nature
6. B) Soreness or aching that may include cramping
7. C) Sharp and piercing; relieved by immobilization
8. D) Spastic or sharp pain that radiates

 

Ans:  A

Chapter:  66

Client Needs:  D-4

Cognitive Level:  Application

Difficulty:  Difficult

Integrated Process:  Nursing Process

Objective:  2

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Feedback:  Bone pain is characteristically described as a dull, deep ache that is “boring” in nature, whereas muscular pain is described as soreness or aching and is referred to as “muscle cramps.” Fracture pain is sharp and piercing and is relieved by immobilization. Sharp pain may also result from bone infection with muscle spasm or pressure on a sensory nerve.

 

 

 

 

5. A nurse is doing an assessment on his patient for peripheral neurovascular dysfunction. What assessment findings may indicate to the nurse peripheral neurovascular dysfunction?
6. A) Pale, warm skin with a capillary refill of 1 to 2 seconds
7. B) Absence of feeling, capillary refill of 4 to 5 seconds and cool skin
8. C) Pain, increased motion, and redness of the skin
9. D) Jaundiced skin, weakness in motion, and capillary refill of 3 seconds

 

Ans:  B

Chapter:  66

Client Needs:  D-4

Cognitive Level:  Application

Difficulty:  Moderate

Integrated Process:  Nursing Process

Objective:  3

Page and Header:  2015, Assessment

 

Feedback:  Indicators of peripheral neurovascular dysfunction include pale, cyanotic or mottled skin with a cool temperature, capillary refill greater than 3 seconds, weakness or paralysis with motion, and paresthesia, unrelenting pain, pain on passive stretch, or absence of feeling.