1. The nurse caring for a postoperative hip-replacement patient knows that the patient should not cross his or her legs, at any time, for how long after surgery?

2. The nurse assesses for peroneal nerve injury by checking the patient’s casted leg for the primary symptom of:

3. Nursing assessment of a patient in traction should include:

4. Preoperative nursing measures that are appropriate for an orthopedic patient should include:

5. Patients with a hip and knee replacement begin ambulation with a walker or crutches how long after surgery?

6. After a total hip replacement, the patient is usually able to resume daily activities after:

7. The nurse knows to assess the patient in an arm cast for possible pressure ulcers in the following area:

8. An artificial joint for total hip replacement involves an implant that consists of:

9. The nurse who assesses bone fracture pain expects the patient to describe the pain as:

10. Choose the incorrect statement about the traditional plaster cast. After a plaster cast has been set, it:

11. A patient in pelvic traction needs his or her circulatory status assessed. The nurse should check for a positive (1) Homans’ sign by asking the patient to:

12. After a total hip replacement, stair climbing is kept to a minimum for:

13. A patient with an arm cast complains of pain. The nurse should do all of the following except:

14. Postoperatively a patient with a total hip replacement is allowed to turn:

15. The nurse is very concerned about the potential debilitating complication of peroneal nerve injury, which is:

16. Skin traction is limited to a weight between:

17. The nurse expects that up to how much weight can be used for a patient in skeletal traction?

18. One of the most dangerous of all postoperative complications is:

19. The recommended leg position to prevent prosthesis dislocation after a total hip replacement is:

20. When a patient is in continuous skeletal leg traction, it is important for the nurse to remember to do all of the following except:

21. A common pressure problem area for a long leg cast is the:

22. Postoperative nursing concerns when caring for an orthopedic patient should include:

23. After removal of a cast, the patient needs to be instructed to do all of the following except:

24. The nurse suspects “compartment syndrome” for a casted extremity. She would assess for characteristic symptoms such as:

25. Choose the incorrect statement about turning a patient in a hip spica cast.