NUR 310 Musculoskeletal And Neurological || A+ Gra
NUR 310 Musculoskeletal and Neurological || A+ Gra
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Purpose of a musculoskeletal exam: correct answers Assess function for activities of daily living and to screen for abnormalities
Ability to move and complete ADLs require that the musculoskeletal and neurological systems both be intact and coordinating with each other
How should a patient b...
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Purpose of a musculoskeletal exam: correct answers Assess function for activities of daily living
and to screen for abnormalities
Ability to move and complete ADLs require that the musculoskeletal and neurological systems
both be intact and coordinating with each other
How should a patient be positioned for this assessment correct answers Sit up and dangle legs off
the bed
Keep the gown on and drape over the lap
What order should you assess body parts in correct answers From the head to the toes and from
the proximal outward to the distal end of the extremities
Inspect upper extremities from fingertips to shoulder and inspect lower extremities from
groin/buttocks to feet
Active ROM: correct answers When the person's muscle tone and strength is able to support each
movement with minimal effort and without assistance
Passive ROM: correct answers Performed when the person is unable to perform ROM on their
own
The nurse/PT will move the muscle for the patient
When doing this, do not extend a muscle any further than the point of resistance or if the patient
gives indication of pain
Contractures: correct answers Joint deformity that primarily affect one side (unilateral) and result
in a limited range of motion
Result of disuse, atrophy, and shortening of the muscles caused by injury or neurological damage
Seen a lot in stroke patients
Circumduction: correct answers Ball and socket joint in full ROM
Flexion: correct answers Bending
Extension: correct answers Straighten
Returning to normal position
, Pronation: correct answers Down
Supination: correct answers Up
Abduction: correct answers Away from the midline or other reference point
Away from body
Adduction: correct answers Toward midline or other reference point
Toward the body
Internal rotation: correct answers Turning inside reference point
External rotation: correct answers Turning outside reference point
Eversion: correct answers Sole of foot out
Inversion: correct answers Sole of foot in
Dorsal flexion: correct answers Flexed toward dorsum or upper surface
Plantar flexion: correct answers Flexed toward sole
What type of joint is the neck correct answers Pivotal
What type of joint is the shoulder correct answers Ball and socket
What type of joint is the elbow correct answers Hinge and pivot
What type of joint is the wrist correct answers Hinge and gliding
What type of joint are the fingers correct answers Condyloid
What type of joint is the hip correct answers Ball and socket
What type of joint is the knee correct answers Hinge
What type of joint is the ankle correct answers Hinge and gliding
What type of joint are the toes correct answers Condyloid
Go over ROM head to toe sequence!!!! correct answers
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