During an examination, the nurse asks a patient to bend forward from the waist and notices that the patient has lateral tilting. When his leg is raised straight up, the patient complains of a pain going down his buttock into his leg. The nurse suspects:
a. Scoliosis.
b. Meniscus tear.
c. Herniated nucleus pulposus.
d. Spasm of paravertebral muscles.
Question 2
The nurse has completed the musculoskeletal examination of a patient's knee and has found a positive bulge sign. The nurse interprets this finding to indicate:
a. Irregular bony margins.
b. Soft-tissue swelling in the joint.
c. Swelling from fluid in the epicondyle.
d. Swelling from fluid in the suprapatellar pouch.
Symptoms of a patient in shock
Patient teaching: neck assessment
A physical therapist exercising the patient’s leg in a physical therapy department.
ROM exercises on a patient’s wrist: radial deviation.
Pneumonia patient’s chest x-ray. Note the irregular areas of density.
Toxoplasma gondii in the heart of an HIV patient.