NUR 353 Exam 4 Questions With Correct
Answers
The state or quality of being mobile or movable - answerMobility
The state of not moving; motionless, not being able to move - answerImmobility
A term that encompasses similar concepts and includes nursing diagnoses related to inactivity.
Risks for...
List two respiratory changes that occur with immobility. - answer✔1. Atelectasis (Collapse of
alveoli)
2. Hypostatic pneumonia (Inflammation of the lung from stasis or pooling of secretions)
List three cardiovascular changes that occur with immobility. - answer✔1. Orthostatic
hypotension
2. Thrombus formation
3. Decreased cardiac output, resulting in increased workload
List some musculoskeletal changes associated with immobility. (6) - answer✔1. Loss of
endurance, strength and muscle mass and decreased stability and balance
2. Decreased muscle mass
3. Joint abnormalities (contractures--From muscle disuse, atrophy and shortening of the muscle
fibers)
4. Disuse osteoporosis (Osteoporosis from immobility)
5. Pathological fractures from disuse osteoporosis
6. Impaired calcium metabolism
List 3 urinary complications associated with immobility. - answer✔1. Urinary stasis from lack of
gravity pulling the urine from the renal pelvis into the ureters to the bladder.
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