NCLEX Success Quiz # 3 Med-Surg
1. A nurse is assessing a client who is skeletal traction. Which of the following findings
should the nurse identify as an indication of infection at the pin sites?
Fever (if it is hot is a sign of infection)
2. A nurse is caring for a client who sustained a femur fracture in an automobile
accident and is placed into skeletal traction. The nurse may remove the weights
from the traction device if which of the following occurs?
The client develops a life-threatening situation (it is the only time when you
remove the skeletal traction. Just if there is a life-threatening situation)
3. A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about the difference between a plaster
cast and a synthetic cast. Which of the following information should the nurse
include in the teaching?
A synthetic cast is weighs less
4. A nurse is teaching an older adult client who has an intracapsular fracture of the
right hip following a fall about the purpose of Buck’s extension traction. The nurse
should include which of the following information in the teaching?
Buck’s extension traction will relieve muscle spasms
5. A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for cyclobenzaprine.
Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?
Avoid driving until effects are known (this medication is a muscle relaxing)
6. A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for balanced skeletal traction
with a Thomas splint for the treatment of a fractured femur. Which of the following
interventions should the nurse implement to prevent pressure points from
developing around the edges of the splint? Reposition the client to keep him from
staying in the same position in bed (basic concept and care – safety, caring for the
patient)
7. A nurse is developing a plan of care for a client who has a fracture to achieve the
outcome of functional healing. To assist in meeting this goal, which of the following
nursing interventions is the highest priority? Maintain immobilization and alignment
(functional healing = means you want the patient to be at he was before the
accident. So, you want him walking, working, and a functioning as usual)
1. A nurse is assessing a client who is skeletal traction. Which of the following findings
should the nurse identify as an indication of infection at the pin sites?
Fever (if it is hot is a sign of infection)
2. A nurse is caring for a client who sustained a femur fracture in an automobile
accident and is placed into skeletal traction. The nurse may remove the weights
from the traction device if which of the following occurs?
The client develops a life-threatening situation (it is the only time when you
remove the skeletal traction. Just if there is a life-threatening situation)
3. A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about the difference between a plaster
cast and a synthetic cast. Which of the following information should the nurse
include in the teaching?
A synthetic cast is weighs less
4. A nurse is teaching an older adult client who has an intracapsular fracture of the
right hip following a fall about the purpose of Buck’s extension traction. The nurse
should include which of the following information in the teaching?
Buck’s extension traction will relieve muscle spasms
5. A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for cyclobenzaprine.
Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?
Avoid driving until effects are known (this medication is a muscle relaxing)
6. A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for balanced skeletal traction
with a Thomas splint for the treatment of a fractured femur. Which of the following
interventions should the nurse implement to prevent pressure points from
developing around the edges of the splint? Reposition the client to keep him from
staying in the same position in bed (basic concept and care – safety, caring for the
patient)
7. A nurse is developing a plan of care for a client who has a fracture to achieve the
outcome of functional healing. To assist in meeting this goal, which of the following
nursing interventions is the highest priority? Maintain immobilization and alignment
(functional healing = means you want the patient to be at he was before the
accident. So, you want him walking, working, and a functioning as usual)
