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13.9.1: Check Your Understanding Questions
Opening the book…
Check Your Understanding Questions
1 .
What components of the Fracture Risk Assessment (FRAX) Tool indicate that a patient is at higher risk for experiencing a fracture related to osteoporosis?
2 .
What assessment findings would indicate that interventions have been effective for a patient being treated for osteoarthritis?
3 .
What lifestyle modifications would you suggest to a patient with osteoarthritis?
4 .
What assessment findings would cause you to worry about the development of common complications after a bone fracture?
5 .
What clinical manifestations would the nurse anticipate being reported by the parents of a child with suspected MD?
6 .
What diagnostic tests would you anticipate being ordered for a patient with suspected MD?
7 .
What clinical manifestations would display to the nurse the efficacy of nursing care for a patient with MD?
8 .
What assessment findings would you anticipate in a patient who presents with SLE?
9 .
The nurse is providing discharge education to a patient newly diagnosed with RA. The patient has been prescribed a course of corticosteroids. What information should the nurse include in the teaching?
10 .
The nurse plans to revise the plan of care for a patient with RA based upon their evaluation findings. What clinical findings might the nurse see in the evaluation that prompt this revision?
11 .
What assessments will the nurse perform on a patient with a suspected soft tissue injury?
12 .
What education is important for the nurse to provide to a patient upon discharge after being treated for a sprained ankle?