NUR 211 Mobility
- What do tendons connect?
Answer muscle to bone
- what do ligaments connect?
Answer bone to bone
- What is Atrophy?
Answer muscle wasting
- what is hypertrophy?
Answer increase in muscle size
- What is flaccidity?
Answer no muscle tone
- what is weakness?
Answer not as strong on one side compared to another
- What is Fasciculations?
Answer involuntary muscle twitching
- What does a goniometer measure? 1 / 3
Answer joint ROM
- What are the 5 P's of the neurovascular assessment?
Answer pain pulse
pallor paresthesia paralysis
- what is kyphosis?
Answer outward curve of thoracic spine; increase curvature from loss of bone density
- What is lordosis?
Answer exaggerated curve of lumbar spine
- what is scoliosis?
Answer curvature of spine
- Nursing interventions for arthroscopy?
Answer compression dressing, ice, exten- sion and elevation, NV assessment, pain assessment, education on possible com- plication
- Nursing interventions for arthrocentesis?
Answer assess, ice, analgesics, elevate biopsy site for 24hrs
- What is a fracture that does not break through the skin?
Answer simple fracture (closed fracture) 2 / 3
- What type of fracture is fragments under the skin?
Answer comminuted fracture
- What is an open fracture (compound fracture)?
Answer bone is poking through the skin surgery required
- What is a fracture that occurs at an angle across the bone?
Answer oblique fracture
- Type of fracture that is commonly seen in child abuse or sport injuries?
Answer -
spiral fracture- where the bone shaft will twist
- What is a green stick fracture?
Answer tiny fracture
Answer One side of the bone is broken and the other side is bent
- What is an avulsion fracture?
Answer tendon or ligament gets pulled from the bone; seen mostly with hips or knees
- What type of fracture is from repetitive impact?
Answer hairline and stress fracture
- What are some clinical manifestations of fractures?
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