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NURS660 Exam 3/2024-2025 UPDATE
/COMPREHENSIVE FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS / GET
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Differentiate between an Acute: days to weeks
acute and a chronic Chronic: months to years
musculoskeletal
complaint.
Articular: joint capsule, articular cartilage, synovium,
synovial fluid, intraarticular ligament. Anything
Differentiate between an
having to do with the joint itself
articular or non-articular
MSK complaint.
Non-articular: ligaments, tendons, bursa, muscles,
fascia, non-articular bone, nerves, skin
A ligament connects bone to bone
_______ to _______.
A tendon connects ______ muscle to bone
to ___________
Name the four cardinal Warmth, swelling, redness, pain
signs of inflammation.
If your musculoskeletal septic arthritis
complaint is
accompanied by
systemic signs, what
should be on your
differential list?
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Back pain can indicate malignancy
what concerning should always consider, r/o
condition in older adults?
Have patient abduct both their arms and extend
Describe a painful arc
their arms above their head. If painful in the 'middle'
test for the shoulder and
of the arc (60-120 degrees), positive for rotator cuff
what you suspect.
issue/subacromial impingement.
Tests for external and internal rotation of the
shoulder by having the patient try and place the
What is Apley's test? back of their hand in the middle of the scalpulae of
their back (internal), then reach over their heads and
try and place their palm in that same spot (external)
In general, when should >4-6 weeks of symptoms
imaging be ordered for or
musculoskeletal red flag symptoms
problems?
Radicular s/s >4-6 weeks
Increasing symptoms
Describe some general
Osteomyelitis s/s (fever, warmth, redness, pain)
red flag symptoms for
cauda equina syndrome
MSK problems.
herniation of disc
epidural abscess
Describe s/s of cauda Saddle anesthesia, bowel/bladder dysfunction, loss
equina syndrome. of reflexes, sexual dysfunction
Weakness, tingling, paresthesias, numbness of the
Describe radicular s/s.
extremities
Sprain is due to a ligaments
stretching or tearing of...
Strain is due from tendons
stretching or tearing of...
What patients with compound or crush fractures
fractures required an fracture w/ neurovascular compromise (pulses, cap
immediate ED referral? refill, temperature, sensation)
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