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Nursing Musculoskeletal System Questions and answers rated A+ 1. Which description of pain from the patient makes a nurse suspect the patients pain is originating from a muscle? a. Crampy b. Dull and deep c. Boring and intense d. Sharp upon movement - correct answer a. crampy 3. During a...

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Nursing Musculoskeletal System
Questions
1. Which description of pain from the patient makes a nurse suspect the
patients pain is originating from a muscle?
a. Crampy
b. Dull and deep
c. Boring and intense
d. Sharp upon movement - correct answer ✔a. crampy


3. During a history, the patient reports having gout. Based on this information,
what findings does the nurse anticipate during a focused assessment?
a. Warm, tender, and deformed wrists and peripheral interphalangeal (PIP)
joints bilaterally
b. Edema, warmth, and redness of one great toe and pea-like nodules in the
ear lobes
c. Enlarged and tender PIP or distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints on one or
several fingers
d. Tenderness with pronation and supination of the elbow and point
tenderness on the lateral epicondyle - correct answer ✔b. edema, warmth,
and redness of one great toe and pea-like nodules in the ear lobe


A patient reports joint pain interfering with sleep and morning joint stiffness for
the first hour after getting out of bed. Considering this report, what abnormal
findings does the nurse anticipate during the examination?
a. Abrupt onset of local tenderness, edema, and decreased range of motion of
the shoulder and hip bilaterally
b. Decreased range of motion of one hip and knee with pain on flexion and
crepitus during movement of these joints

, c. Erythema in one great toe, ankle, and lower leg that is painful to the touch
d. Hot, painful, deformed, and edematous wrists and peripheral
interphalangeal joints bilaterally - correct answer ✔d. hot, painful, deformed,
and edematous wrist and peripheral interphalangeal joints bilaterally


In assessing a patient with a history of poliomyelitis, the nurse suspects the
right leg muscles are smaller than the left leg. What is the best approach for
the nurse to confirm or reject this suspicion?
a. Palpating both legs using the pads of the thumb and index fingers and
comparing one side with another
b. Using a tape to measure each legs circumference at the same location,
above or below the nearest joint
c. Using a goniometer to measure the upper and lower legs with the patient in
supine and standing positions
d. Palpating the legs using the tips of the thumb and index fingers, and
comparing the findings with the Lovett scale - correct answer ✔b. using a
tape to measure each legs circumference at the same location, above or
below the nearest joint


In assessing the joint range of motion of a patients knees, the nurse notices
the flexion is less than expected in both knees. What is the next appropriate
action for the nurse?
a. Documenting this finding as expected for this patient because it occurs in
both knees
b. Palpating the suprapatellar pouch on each side of the quadriceps for
contour, tenderness, and edema
c. Using a goniometer to measure the flexion in both knees and comparing the
results with expected flexion
d. Applying opposing force to the lower leg while the patient tries to maintain
flexion and extension - correct answer ✔c. Using a goniometer to measure
the flexion in both knees and comparing the results with expected flexion

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