Author Question: A nurse is following the no-lift policy when working to prevent personal injury. Which type of ... (Read 59 times)

fagboi · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse is following the no-lift policy when working to prevent personal injury. Which type of personal back injury is the nurse most likely trying to prevent?

a. Thoracic
b. Cervical
c. Lumbar
d. Sacral

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a patient in the emergency department with an injured shoulder. Which type of joint will the nurse assess?

a. Fibrous
b. Synovial
c. Synergistic
d. Cartilaginous

ultraflyy23 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
The most common back injury for nurses is strain on the lumbar muscle group, which includes the muscles around the lumbar vertebrae. While cervical, thoracic, and sacral can occur, lumbar is the most common.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Synovial joints, or true joints, such as the hinge type at the elbow, are freely movable and the most mobile, numerous, and anatomically complex body joints. Fibrous joints fit closely together and are fixed, permitting little, if any, movement such as the syndesmosis between the tibia and the fibula. Synergistic is a type of muscle, not joint. Cartilaginous joints have little movement but are elastic and use cartilage to unite separate bony surfaces such as the synchondrosis that attaches the ribs to the costal cartilage.