A patient who has had open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of left lower leg fractures continues to complain of severe pain in the leg 15 minutes after receiving the prescribed IV morphine. Pulses are not palpable and the foot is coldl to the touch. Which action should the nurse take next?

A client has developed severe pain that has not been relieved by the ordered narcotic analgesic, sluggish capillary refill, weak pulses, and numbness below the casted limb. A nurse should suspect the client has developed which fracture complication?

Osteomyelitis is frequently the result of:

The nurse is assisting with the discharge of a patient from a clinic after evaluation of a perforated eardrum. The patient is advised not to shower. Which of these, if stated by a patient, indicates to the nurse correct understanding of the teaching?

Treatment of a fracture that does not involve surgical intervention is called:

Briefly describe the difference (causes, symptoms treatments) in Osteoarthrits, Rheumatoid arthritis and Gout:    Must include info on all three!

For a client having an episode of acute narrow-angle glaucoma, a nurse expects to give which of the following medications?

A nurse is caring for a client following a complete spinal cord transection injury. The client’s family asks the nurse what the term paraplegia means. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

The nurse is teaching a patient whose Snellen chart findings are 20/60. Which of the following statements would the nurse include in the patient teaching?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the family of a client who is in a halo fixation device. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?