Which of the following is true regarding knee joint anatomy and biomechanics?

A high school lacrosse player started wearing a KO during practice out of fear after his teammate lost his athletic scholarship due to an MCL rupture. This type of KO would be classified as a ________ orthosis.

A nurse is instructing a group of students about measuring a client’s respirations. Which guideline should the nurse include?

An hour after administration of an opioid analgesic , a client denies any pain relief. What nonpharmacologic action can the nurse provide to help relieve pain?

Which pain chart would the nurse use to measure a 5-year-old’s pain?

When caring for a client on dialysis the nurse’s priority action before obtaining a blood pressure would be to check which item below?

While assessing a client’s pulse, a nurse identifies that the pulse obliterates. What did the nurse identify?

A nurse would recognize that further instruction was needed if a nursing student expressed the assumption that a client:

A wife is extremely upset about her husband’s respirations. The nurse explains the pattern is called Cheyne-Stokes and is characterized by:

The nurse caring for a client complaining of severe abdominal pain asks the client if they have nausea or vomiting. What pain characteristic is the nurse gathering data on?