NSC 232 FINAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% CORRECT
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NSC 232
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NSC 232
What are some interventions to promote mobility? - ️️Maintain joint mobility
Transferring clients safely
Support client in ambulation
Compensating for physical impairments
ROM varies and can be determined by.., - ️️Genetic Makeup
Developmental Patters
Presence or absence of disease
P...
NSC 232 FINAL
What are some interventions to promote mobility? - ✔️✔️Maintain joint mobility
Transferring clients safely
Support client in ambulation
Compensating for physical impairments
ROM varies and can be determined by.., - ✔️✔️Genetic Makeup
Developmental Patters
Presence or absence of disease
Physical activity
What are some functions for mobility? - ✔️✔️Regulations of movement, proprioception,
body mechanics, and body alignment
What are some structures for mobility? - ✔️✔️Bones, Joints, Skeletal muscles, soft
tissue
What are the four basic elements of normal movement? - ✔️✔️Body
alignment/posture, joint mobility, balance, coordinated movement
Person maintains balance as long as... - ✔️✔️Line of gravity passes through center of
gravity
What is ROM? - ✔️✔️The max movement possible for joint.
What is proprioception? - ✔️✔️Awareness of posture, movement, and changes in
equilibrium. Your body knows what type of position you are in.
Where is proprioception located in the brain? - ✔️✔️Frontal lobe
,Coordinated movement is considered... - ✔️✔️Smooth purposeful movement
What does the cerebral cortex do? - ✔️✔️Initiate voluntary movement
What does the cerebellum do? - ✔️✔️Coordinated motor activity
What does the basal ganglia do? - ✔️✔️Maintain posture.
What disease causes the spine to make the head go forward? - ✔️✔️Kyphosis
What disease makes the pelvis stick out? - ✔️✔️Lordosis
What disease makes the spine swerve? - ✔️✔️Scoliosis
What are isometric exercises? - ✔️✔️Specific muscle group strengthening
What are isotonic exercises? - ✔️✔️Increase muscle tone, strength, and flexibility.
What are isokinetic exercises? - ✔️✔️Physical conditioning.
What are three interventions to improve activity tolerance? - ✔️✔️Build muscle mass
and strength
Mobilize
Controlling pain
What can you use to compensate for physical impairments? - ✔️✔️Walker
Cane
Crutches
Wheelchair
What side should the cane be on? - ✔️✔️Strong side
On the four prong cane, which prong should be near the person? - ✔️✔️The large
prong.
With crutches, what should you make sure of? - ✔️✔️Rubber not worn on ends
30 degree angle
Put weight on hands
3 fingers below axilla
What are the psychosocial effects of inactivity and immobility? - ✔️✔️At first, it's
welcomed!
,When it becomes long term there is a loss of motivation, interest in participation, and
loss of contact with people.
Negative feelings
Mental confusion.
What are some factors that affect activity and mobility? - ✔️✔️Pain
Therapeutic or prescribed inactivity
Change in consciosness
Change in musculoskelatal functioning
Emotional or psychological disturbances
Chronic illness
How does exercise help the muscoloskeletal system? - ✔️✔️Maintain size, shape,
tone, and strength of muscles (including the heart muscle)
Nourish joints
Increase joint flexibility, stability, and ROM
Maintain bone density and strength
What does immobility do to the musculoskeletal system? - ✔️✔️Disuse atrophy
Contractures
Stiffness and pain in the joints
Foot drop
What is plantar flexion contracture? - ✔️✔️Foot drop
Abduction - ✔️✔️Away from the body
Adduction - ✔️✔️Toward the body
What does exercise do for the cardiovascular system? - ✔️✔️Increases HR
Increases strength of contraction
Increases blood supply to the heart and muscles
Mediates harmful effects of stress
What does immobility do for the cardiovascular system? - ✔️✔️Diminished cardiac
reserve
Orthostatic hypotension
Dependent edema (swelling)
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
What are antiembolism stockings? How do they prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis? -
✔️✔️TED hose
Graduated compression pattern to improve circulation
, How do you measure TED hose for the knee? - ✔️✔️From the heel to the knee and the
calf to the heel to the knee
What happens with immobility on the skin? - ✔️✔️Pressure ulcers
Shear injury
Friction injury
Maceration (moisture breakdown)
What are the bony prominences? - ✔️✔️Coccyx
Greater trochanter
Shoulder
Elbow
Back of skull
Heels
Ankles
Ear
What is the effect of exercise on the respiratory system? - ✔️✔️Increase ventilation
and oxygen intake improving gas exchange
Prevents pooling of secretions in the bronchi and bronchioles
What is the effect of immobility on the respiratory system? - ✔️✔️Decreased
respiratory movement
Pooling of respiratory secretions
Atelectasis (aveoli stick together)
Pneumonia
What are the effects of exercise on the GI system? - ✔️✔️Improves the appetite
Increases GI tract tone
Facilitates peristalsis (moves bowels)
What are the effects of immobility on the GI system? - ✔️✔️Constipation
What are the effects of exercise on the urinary system? - ✔️✔️Promotes blood flow to
the kidneys
Body wastes excreted more effectively
Prevents stasis (stagnation) of urine in the bladder
What are the effects of immobility on the urinary system? - ✔️✔️Urinary infection
Renal calculi (kidney stones)
Urinary retention
What are the effects of exercise on the psychoneurologic system? - ✔️✔️Elevates
mood
Relieves stress and anxiety
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