Please indicate whether the following statement is true or false.
Decreased muscle mass, muscle tension, shortening of muscles, and loss of calcium are not effects of immobilization.

The daughter of an older woman with a diagnosis of a fractured tibia asks why her mother is in Buck's traction. The nurse's most informative response would be that Buck's traction:

A nurse is preparing a client for ambulation. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to determine the client's level of strength?

A patient has just had a leg cast applied with plaster of Paris. The nurse can best reduce the incidence of edema by:

A nurse is applying an elasticized bandage to the leg of a patient. To perform this procedure correctly, the nurse should:

An anxious patient in skeletal traction is distressed by the clear fluid drainage that is oozing from the pin sites. The nurse's best intervention would be to:

A nurse in an urgent care center is caring for a client who fell and injured her ankle. The ankle appears swollen and ecchymotic. While the client waits for the x-ray technician, which of the following actions should the nurse take? (Select all that apply.)

A patient has a hip spica cast and will be discharged home to family. The nurse would include in the home education plan information relative to: (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is collecting data from a client who has had paraplegia for several years. Which of the following physiologic changes due to immobility should the nurse consider when evaluating this client's overall status? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is assisting with the ambulation of a client with the use of a gait belt, who becomes light-headed and begins to fall. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is observing an assistive personnel (AP) who is using a mechanical lift with a hammock sling to transfer a client from the bed to a chair. For which of the following actions by the AP should the nurse intervene?