When handling a freshly applied plaster cast while assisting a patient from stretcher to bed, the nurse should handle the cast using:

The nurse working in the medical-surgical unit, is caring for a patient that had knee surgery. She notices that the incision on the knee is opening each time the CPM is at its maximum angle. The patient is also complaining of tightness around the sutures. She should

When handling a freshly applied plaster cast while assisting a patient from stretcher to bed, the nurse should handle the cast using:

A nurse is caring for a client whose right leg is in Buck's traction. Which of the following should the nurse implement to promote mobility?

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

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 in an emergency department is providing discharge teaching to a client who has a knee injury and will be using a pair of axillary crutches for the first time. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

A 46-year-old male was injured in an industrial accident and has suffered a fractured left leg and left wrist. His wrist is treated with a cast and the leg is placed in skeletal traction. Because of immobilization of his leg, the patient is at risk for (Select all that apply.)

The nurse placing a patient following knee replacement surgery into a continuous passive motion (CPM) machine has the responsibility to:

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?

The nurse, in order to prevent the cast from chafing, will instruct the patient for home care to _______ the rough edges with adhesive tape.