Care of Clients with Physiologic and Psychosocial Alterations B Quiz 10

A client with a fractured femur experiences dyspnea. A set of arterial blood gas tests reveal the following: pH, 7.35; PaCO2 43; PaO2 58; HCO3 23. A nurse interprets that the client probably has experienced fat embolus because of the result of the:

A client with fat embolus is complaining of difficulty of breathing. Based on the assessment, the nurse plans to assists with which of the following therapies?

The client is being treated for fat embolus after multiple fractures. Which of the following significant data would the nurse evaluate as the most favorable indication of resolution of the fat embolus?

The client with severe fractured arm is complaining of numbness and tingling sensation on the casted arm. The client asks the nurse how this can happen. The nurse’s response is based on the understanding that:

The nurse is providing information to the client in an arm cast about signs and symptoms of compartment syndrome. The nurse determines that the client understands the information if the client stated that he/she should report which of the following early symptoms of compartment syndrome?

The client with right hip fracture has returned to the nursing care unit. Following internal fixation on the fractured hip, the nurse is assigned to monitor and reposition the client. In repositioning the client, the nurse should use:

The surgeon instructed the nurse to get the client out of bed to a chair on the first postoperative day after the total knee replacement. The nurse would plan to do which of the following to protect the knee joint of the client?

The nurse completed a discharge instruction to the client who had a total knee replacement. The nurse evaluates the understanding of the client to the given instruction. The nurse determines that the instruction is not clear to the client if the client states that she/he should:

A client with diabetes mellitus has had a right below-the-knee amputation. The nurse would assess specifically for which of the following signs and symptoms because of the history of diabetes?

After a vehicle accident, client is scheduled for below-the-knee amputation. Following the surgery, the client tells the nurse, “I think I’m going to be crazy. I can feel my left foot itching.” The nurse interprets the client’s statement to be: