A nurse who provides care on a rehabilitative medicine unit of a ...

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A nurse who provides care on a rehabilitative medicine unit of a hospital works with numerous geriatric patients. Which of the following principles most accurately guides the nurse's efforts to integrate range-of-motion exercises into patient care?
 
  A) Passive range-of-motion exercises should be delegated to physiotherapists in order to reduce the chance of injury.
  B) Patients should be encouraged to put all of their joints through a range of motion at least once daily.
  C) Performing range-of-motion exercises as slowly as possible maximizes their benefit.
  D) Range-of-motion exercises are contraindicated in patients with existing cardiac conditions.

Question 2

Select all the conditions that may cause conductive hearing loss.
 
  a. Buildup of cerumen
  b. Foreign bodies
  c. Otosclerosis of external auditory canal
  d. Trauma
  e. Exposure to ototoxic drugs
  f. Otitis media with effusion

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Answer to Question 1

B
Feedback:
Ideally, patients should put each joint through its range of motion at least once per day. Passive range of motion can be performed by nurses and exercises should be performed slowly and steadily, but not as slowly as possible. Heart disease does not categorically contraindicate the performance of range-of-motion exercises.

Answer to Question 2

A, B, C, F
Common causes of conductive hearing loss are buildup of cerumen and otitis media with effusion (escape of effusion). Other conditions that may result in conductive hearing loss are foreign bodies, otosclerosis, and stenosis of the external auditory canal. Sensorineural hearing loss is usually due to trauma, infectious processes, or exposure to ototoxic drugs.