Nurs 623-624 Exam with Questions Complete Solutions

The greatest risk of long term complication for Geriatic population - Answer is related to a hip fracture, if you have a fall and break your hip, you are more likely to not do as well as you would if you fell and broke ankle and wrist. If they take a PPI, you want to try and get them off, because PPI's can increase the risk of fracture by 29%. What is the psoas sign? - Answer Right lower quadrant pain is elicited when the patient extends the hip. while lying on their left side. The pain is due to inflammation of the peritoneum overlying the psoas muscles and inflammation of the psoas muscles themselves. Straightening out the leg causes the pain because it stretches the muscles, and flexing the hip into the "fetal position' relives the pain.