ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 44 Questions
Question 1 of 5
What is the movement of an extremity away from the midline of the body called?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Abduction is movement of an extremity away from the midline of the body.
Question 2 of 5
What is the large, fan-shaped muscle that covers the anterior chest from the sternum to the proximal end of the humerus and acts on the joint of the shoulder to flex, adduct, and rotate?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Pectoralis major is the large, fan-shaped muscle that covers the anterior chest and is an adductor muscle, which will cause the shoulder to flex.
Question 3 of 5
Which instructions will the nurse reinforce for the patient before a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: MRI procedures require that the patient remove all metal because it will become magnetized.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse reinforces instructions for the patient who is to have a unicompartmental knee replacement that which is a major advantage of this partial knee replacement?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is also referred to as partial knee replacement in which the worn cartilage is replaced with a plastic disk. It is not as invasive as a full knee replacement and does not disturb the kneecap so that the patient can be up and walking in 2 to 3 hours after surgery. It is not recommended for patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Question 5 of 5
A patient who has had a right below the knee amputation continues to complain of unpleasant sensation in the right foot. Which explanation will the nurse provide about this 'phantom pain'?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Phantom pain (pain felt in the missing extremity as if it were still present) may occur and be frightening to the patient. Phantom pain occurs because the nerve tracts that register pain in the amputated area continue to send a message to the brain (this is normal). It is an actual problem and does not 'exist only in the mind'. The nurse can answer this question about phantom pain. Phantom pain does not occur when the patient becomes focused on limb loss.