MUSCULOSKELETEL QUIZ #2

Figure 1 represents what type of bone fracture: This is a fracture that is slanted across the bone shaft.

• Transverse Fracture

• Spiral Fracture

• Oblique Fracture

• Compound Fracture

Figure 2 represents what type of bone fracture: The fractured bone is broken into many fragments (3 or more).

• Open Fracture

• Greenstick Fracture

• Oblique Fracture

• Comminuted Fracture

Figure 3 represents what type of bone fracture: This a fractured bone that breaks through the skin.

• Closed Fracture

• Compound Fracture

• Greenstick Fracture

• Transverse Fracture

You’re caring for a patient who has experienced a fracture to the right arm that is represented in Figure 3. What nursing intervention will you take with this type of fracture?

• Cover the fracture with a sterile dressing

• Place the arm below the heart level.

• Attempt bone reduction by manually readjusting the bone.

• Place a tight compression bandage over the fracture.

A 85 year old patient has an accidental fall while going to the bathroom without assistance. It appears the patient has sustained a bone fracture to the left leg. The leg’s shape is deformed and the patient is unable to move it. The patient is alert and oriented but in pain. What will you do FIRST after confirming the patient is safe and stable?

• Apply an ice pack covered with a towel to the site.

• Immobilize the fracture with a splint.

• Administer pain medication.

• Elevate the extremity above heart level.

Which statement by a patient, who just received a cast on the right arm for a fracture, requires you to notify the physician immediately?

• “It is really itchy inside my cast!”

• “My pain is so severe that it hurts to stretch or elevate my arm.”

• “I can feel my fingers and move them.”

• “I’ve been using ice packs to reduce swelling.”

A 5 year old has a fracture of the right upper arm. The x-ray showed that one side of the bone is bent while the other is broken. This known as a __________ fracture?

• Spiral

• Greenstick

• Oblique

• Transverse

Which assessment finding found while assessing a patient with a fracture who has traction requires immediate intervention?

• The weights are freely hanging on the floor.

• Pin sites are free from drainage.

• Patient uses the overhead trapeze bar to move around in the bed.

• Patient’s extremities have a capillary refill of less than 2 seconds.

The fracture is completely through the bone.

• Complete fracture

• compound fracture

• Compressed fracture

• Greenstick fracture

One that runs the length of the bone.

• Pathologic fracture

• Obliques fracture

• Longitudinal fracture

• Comminuted fracture