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NURS 115 – IMMOBILITY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (10)
Allow the patient to participate within the limits
of his or her physical condition and tolerance.
When planning care for (Allowing the patient to participate within the limits of
the older patient on his or her physical condition
complete bed rest, it is and tolerance helps to maintain the sense of
important to: independence so important to this age- group.)
A) A 15-year-old teen immobilized in traction
and in isolation because of burns from a car
accident Correct
B) A 31-year-old woman with a walking cast on
Which patient is at her left leg learning to use crutches with
greatest risk for partial weight bearing
developing the C) A 55-year-old man 3 days after surgery for
adverse effects of a right hip replacement receiving physical
immobility? therapy twice daily
D) A 69-year-old man admitted for elective surgery with
a Braden Scale score of 21
A IS THE CORRECT ANSWER
(Social peers are very important to teenagers.
Being on isolation and unable to move about
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because of the traction could have significant
consequences for this patient.)
A) Notifying the health care provider, checking
the patient's vital signs, assessing for signs of
deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
B) Checking the patient's oxygen saturation and
vital signs, raising the head of the bed to high
Fowler's unless contraindicated, having
Which of the following someone call the health care provider
nursing Correct
C) Giving prescribed pain medication,
interventions takes
monitoring vital signs, reassessing pain in 30
priority if the nurse
minutes to see if relieved
suspects that the
D) Assessing for evidence of DVT,
patient has a pulmonary
documenting presence of any signs, notifying
embolus?
health care provider
B IS CORRECT
(You need to know the patient oxygen
saturation level and vital signs immediately.
Putting the patient in a high Fowler's position
assists with ventilation. Stay with the patient to
offer support while you have a colleague call the
health care provider at once with the
information you assessed.)
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