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NU 201 Exam 2 Questions and Verified Answers 100% Guaranteed Success What do bones and muscles do? - support, structure, mobility What are ligaments? - connects bone to bone What are tendons? - connect muscle to bone What do joints and cartilage do? - Joint-point where two bones make contact....

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What do bones and muscles do? - ✔✔support, structure, mobility

What are ligaments? - ✔✔connects bone to bone

What are tendons? - ✔✔connect muscle to bone

What do joints and cartilage do? - ✔✔Joint-point where two bones make

contact. Cartilage is protective coating around bone

What does the musculoskeletal system provide? - ✔✔framework for

movement

How does mobility affect a person? - ✔✔physical, psychological, social,

and spiritual well-being

What is Ischemia? - ✔✔reduced blood flow

What is hemiparesis? - ✔✔weakness on one side of the body

What is hemiplegia? - ✔✔paralysis of one side of the body

Paraplegia? - ✔✔lower body paralysis

quadriplegia? - ✔✔inability to move all four extremities

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flaccidity/hypotonicity - ✔✔lack of muscle tone

How can flaccidity/hypotonicity occur? - ✔✔lack of physical activity or

neurologic impairment

What is the number one way to check fluid status of a patient? - ✔✔weight

what is the conversion for 1kg when checking fluid levels? - ✔✔1Liter

How many mL in 1oz? - ✔✔30mL

how many mL and oz in 1 tablespoon? - ✔✔15mL 0.5 oz

how many mL in 1 teaspoon - ✔✔5 mL

What is disuse osteoporosis? - ✔✔loss of bone mass resulting from lack of

activity

How do you help treat or prevent disuse osteoporosis? - ✔✔weight bearing

exercises, consume calcium and vitamin D, drink milk, eat leafy greens

What are pathologic bone fractures? - ✔✔spontaneous breaks without

trauma

What is atrophy? - ✔✔(wasting) decrease in size or mass of a body part

what is a contracture? - ✔✔permanent fixture of a joint

How do you prevent contractures? - ✔✔perform ROM

What is range of motion? - ✔✔degrees of movement of a joint

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what is active range of motion? - ✔✔full movement of each joint

What is passive range of motion? - ✔✔nurse passively moves each joint to

the point of resistance while evaluating patient comfort level (watch for

grimacing, or any sign of discomfort)

What might affect a patients ability to perform range of motion? -

✔✔neurologic alterations

What is equilibrium? - ✔✔balance

What is dangling? - ✔✔a safety strategy in which the pt sits up on the side

of the bed prior to standing

What is gait? - ✔✔manner of walking (looking for alternating movement of

arm and leg)

What is bedrest? - ✔✔patient stays in bed (this is an order from physician-

you have to keep them in bed)

What are the effects of immobility? - ✔✔weakness, instability, anorexia,

elimination alterations, decreased muscle tone, circulatory stasis, skin

breakdown, psychological implications (depression), electrolyte imbalance

(calcium), deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), dec

O2 and CO2 exchange, atelectasis (alveoli stick together, make sure pt

takes deep breaths and coughs)

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