Fracture – NCLEX.ME Nurse

Physiological Integrity—Basic Care and Comfort

The unit nurse is precepting a nursing student who is assisting a client with a femur fracture onto a fracture bedpan. Which action by the student nurse requires intervention by the unit nurse?

Posted on April 20, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

The student nurse tries to lift the client onto the bedpan. The student nurse positions the head of the bed between 30 and 45 degrees. The student nurse places ...

Safe and Effective Care Environment—Management of Care

The nurse is caring for an elderly client with osteoporosis who has fractured her mid-shaft clavicle. Which nursing intervention would be included on the plan of care?

Posted on March 15, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

immobilize the affected shoulder with a sling encourage weight-bearing exercise increase fluids to 1,500 cc/day prepare for surgical repair

Safe and Effective Care Environment—Management of Care

The ED nurse has triaged a client who was in a severe motor vehicle accident. He is unconscious with fractures to the left femur and left humerus and ulna. CT also reveals a large amount of internal hemorrhaging. No identification was found on the client at the scene. What is the correct action by the nurse?

Posted on March 15, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

prepare the client for emergency surgery try to obtain informed consent from a family member wait until the client is conscious, and then obtain the consent ask...