58. An elderly client fell at home. On his admission to the…
58. An elderly client fell at home. On his admission to the emergency department, radiographic evaluation confirmed the presence of a trochanteric fracture of the neck of the left femur. When assessing the client, the nurse would expect which finding?
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46. A client develops a musculoskeletal complication resulting from internal and external pressure on muscles of the extremities, causing decreased blood flow and tissue damage. The nurse would expect the correlation of these findings with which condition?
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51. A client had a cast applied to the arm 24 hours earlier; now she is unable to detect touch in her little finger, has severe pain and swelling in the left upper extremity, and capillary refill is greater than 3 seconds. What complication is consistent with these findings based on the nurse’s assessment?
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