Musculoskeletal & Safe Handling

Question 1

A nurse asks a patient to turn their palm down with the elbows straight. The specific joint movement the nurse is testing for is:

Answer 1

Pronation.

Question 2

A client who presents in the medical centre with lower limb pain following a motor vehicle accident requires a musculoskeletal assessment. When completing the assessment, the nurse should apply all of the following principles except:

Answer 2

• Test range and movement of the spine?????

Question 3

You are inspecting your client’s spinal symmetry and assessing their posture. You identify that the client has kyphosis. This is:

Answer 3

Excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back.

Question 4

The nurse is examining the ROM of a client’s shoulder. Which of the following is a normal finding?

Answer 4

• Forward flexion of 180 degrees.

- Full active ROM.

Question 5

You are caring for Mr Smith who has been admitted following a mechanical fall. You are reviewing his nursing care plan. Which component of the care plan indicates that the patient’s problems have been appropriately described?

Answer 5

The nursing diagnosis.

Question 6

When using a mobile hoist with a dependent patient, identify the correct rule:

Answer 6

• LITE assessment.

- Breaks on.

Question 7

The older person’s tendency to take smaller steps with feet close together will most likely result in:

Answer 7

Falls risk.

Question 8

A person with a normal gait should demonstrate all of the below actions, except:

Answer 8

• Weakness.
• Uncoordination.
• Unbalanced.