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123654777 · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

The nurse is caring for a client with a knee injury. When documenting this injury in the medical record, the nurse identifies the knee as which type of joint?

1. Saddle.
2. Hinge.
3. Pivot.
4. Plane.

Question 2

The nurse is providing care to a client whose chief complaint is pain in the right foot. During the physical assessment, the nurse notes a deviation of the great toe from the midline and crowding of the remaining toes.

There is also enlargement and inflammation noted in the area. Based on this data, which condition does the nurse suspect?
1. Flat foot.
2. Gouty arthritis.
3. Hammertoe.
4. Bunion.

rekilledagain · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2
The knee and elbows are hinge joints; the thumbs are saddle joints; the neck is a pivot joint; the intercarpals and intertarsals are plane joints.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 4
A hallux valgus, or bunion, causes a deviation of the great toe from the midline, and crowding of the remaining toes. The metatarsophalangeal joint and bursa become enlarged and inflamed. In pes planus, or flat foot, the arch of the foot is flattened, sometimes coming in contact with the floor. In gouty arthritis the metatarsophalangeal joint of the great toe is swollen, hot, red, and extremely painful. Hammertoe produces flexion of the proximal interphalangeal joint of a toe, while the distal metatarsophalangeal joint hyperextends.