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frankwu

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The patient that has a bipolar hip replacement following an intracapsular fracture has an order to be turned every 2 hours. The nurse understands that the correct nursing intervention is to keep the legs:
 
  a. together so they do not separate while turning.
  b. flexed to stabilize the prosthesis.
  c. abducted so the prosthesis does not become dislocated.
  d. adducted to prevent additional pain for the patient with turning.

Question 2

A patient, age 46, reports to his physician's office with urticaria with elevated lesions that are white in the center with a pale red border on hands and arms. He says, It itches like crazy. Which type of lesion would the nurse include in her documenta
 
  a. Macules
  b. Plaques
  c. Wheals
  d. Vesicles


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Nursing interventions also involve postoperative maintenance of leg abduction by using an abduction splint for 7 to 10 days to prevent dislocation of the prosthesis.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Urticaria is the term applied to the presence of wheals or hives in an allergic reaction commonly caused by drugs, food, insect bites, inhalants, emotional stress, or exposure to heat or cold. The lesions are elevated with a white center and a pale red border.


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