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deesands · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

When the client restricts use of her dominant arm because of pain and the nurse notes that the measurement of the circumference of the client's nondominant arm is greater than her dominant arm,

the nurse determines that the lack of use has resulted in the dominant arm's:
A) atrophy
B) hypertrophy
C) dystrophy
D) malrotation

Question 2

A home care nurse is assessing a client in the home. The client had a cerebrovascular accident and has right side paralysis. After 6 weeks of rehabilitation, the client has increasing mobility when:

A) she can lift the right arm 1/2 inch.
B) she can move the right arm with the left.
C) she can chew and swallow food.
D) she can smile and open her right eye.

yahahah24021 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Feedback:
Atrophy causes the muscle to decrease in strength and size because of disuse.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Feedback:
Permanent changes in mobility occur when physiologic dysfunction that interferes with normal body movement cannot be reversed (e.g., spinal cord injuries that result in paralysis or cerebrovascular accidents that cause weakness or paralysis on one side of the body). Rehabilitation is the key to restoring a person with certain disabilities to optimal health.